State v. Pearson

R. C. 2923.03(D) provides:

“No person shall be convicted of complicity under this section solely upon the testimony of an accomplice, unsupported by other evidence.”

In its first proposition of law, the state argues that, literally construed, R. C. 2923.03(D) only prohibits convictions “under this section,” i.e., convictions for the complicity offenses described in R. C. 2923.03(A),1 and does not prohibit convictions for principal offenses. Thus, since appellee was *293convicted for the principal offenses of aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping pursuant to R. C. 2903.01, 2911.01 and…