State v. Schmidt

Hadley, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Paul G. Schmidt, appeals from the judgment entry of conviction and sentencing in the Marion County Court of Common Pleas, whereby a jury found appellant guilty of two counts of abduction, violations of R.C. 2905.02(A)(2), with firearm specifications and physical harm specifications.

The following facts are elicited from the record on appeal. Prior to the October 27, 1993, incident which resulted in appellant’s conviction, appellant resided with Annettee Almendinger and James Brown. Appellant and Almen-dinger dated while they resided together. However, a…