State v. Irwin

Donofrio, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Andrew Irwin, appeals from a Columbiana County Common Pleas Court judgment convicting him of murder following a jury trial and from a judgment overruling his motion for a new trial.

{¶ 2} Appellant suffers from drug addiction. His heroin dealer was 21-year-old Emily Foreman. At 3:57 p.m. on August 23, 2006, appellant placed a phone call to 9-1-1 requesting an ambulance to the home where Foreman lived with her mother. At 4:10 p.m., appellant called the East Liverpool Police Department, once again requesting an ambulance. He told the dispatcher that his…