State v. Driver, Unpublished Decision (1-31-2006)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Appellant, Jesse Driver, III, appeals his conviction on a charge of murder with a firearm specification following his jury trial in the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas.

{¶ 2} The jury concluded that Appellant shot and killed Charles Green during the early morning hours of September 1, 2002, in Youngstown, Ohio. Green was an acquaintance of Camille Johnson, who is the mother of Appellant's children. Camille's niece witnessed the shooting. On appeal, Appellant takes issue with several aspects of the underlying proceedings, including the lengthy pretrial delay, his trial…