State v. Jones

Ringland, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Charles Wesley Jones, appeals his conviction and sentence in the Butler County Court of Common Pleas for robbery in violation of R.C. 2911.02(A)(2). The charges arose from allegations that appellant stole $10 from Darren Davis during the early morning hours of November 4, 2009.

{¶ 2} On March 10 and 11, 2010, appellant was tried by a jury. Darren Davis, the state’s key witness, testified that while he was taking trash into an alley behind his home, a man approached Davis from behind, placed his forearm around Davis’s neck, and pulled him close. Davis…