State v. Brown, 2007-P-0014 (2-29-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} In the instant appeal, submitted on the record and briefs of the parties, defendant-appellant, Robert E. Brown, seeks review of his judgment of conviction and sentence issued by the Portage County Court of Common Pleas, following a trial by jury, on one count of Rape, one count of Gross Sexual Imposition and one count of Kidnapping, a felony of the first degree with a sexual motivation specification. He was subsequently adjudicated a sexual predator. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

{¶ 2} The instant charges arose from a chain of events which…