Court Opinion

ID: 3763568
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 07:19:00.113753+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:12:11.605675
License: Public Domain

I concur with the majority's decision in Assignment of Error IV  but I disagree per my dissent in State v. Nelson (August 6, 1996), Tuscarawas App. No. 95AP070051, unreported, and State v. Williams (September 23, 1996), Stark App. No. 95CA0258, unreported, with the statement that felonious assault can never be a lesser included offense of murder.  The felonious assault instruction would not have been proper sub judice
because the clear nature of the offense was to silence a witness who could identify him, thereby establishing "purpose" to kill.
                             JUDGMENT ENTRY
CASE NO. 1999CA00291
For the reasons stated in our accompanying Memorandum-Opinion, the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Stark County, Ohio, is affirmed.