Legal Opinion
State v. Hancock
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided February 1, 2006No. 2003-2099PublishedCited by 415 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoyer, C.J.
{¶ 1} Appellant, Timothy Hancock, was an inmate at the Warren Correctional Institution in Lebanon, Ohio, serving a life sentence for a 1990 aggravated-murder conviction. On November 13, 2000, within hours after Jason Wagner became Hancock’s cellmate, Hancock strangled him to death. Hancock appeals his aggravated-murder conviction and his death sentence.
The Murder of Jason Wagner
{¶2} On November 13, 2000, Hancock and Wagner were housed in the protective custody (“PC”) unit at Warren Correctional Institution. Hancock was in a “segregation” cell within the PC unit. These cells are generally used…
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