State v. Jackson

{¶ 1} On January 3, 2002, in Lima, Ohio, defendant-appellant, Cleveland Jackson Jr., and his half-brother, Jeronique Cunningham, robbed a group of eight people and then fired their weapons into the group from close range. Three-year-old Jayla Grant and 17-year-old Leneshia Williams both died as a result of gunshot wounds. A jury convicted appellant of the aggravated murders of Jayla and Leneshia and sentenced him to death.

*54I. Facts and Case History

{¶ 2} On the afternoon of January 3, 2002, Tara Cunningham, appellant’s half-sister and Jeronique’s sister, saw appellant and Jeronique in her…