State v. Amin

Pietrykowski, Judge.

{¶ 1} This case is before the court on appeal from the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, which, following a jury trial, entered a judgment finding appellant Haji Amin guilty of complicity to commit murder. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

{¶ 2} In 2002, appellant was indicted on two counts of murder and one count of kidnapping for a crime that occurred in July 1994. The trial court subsequently dismissed the kidnapping charge on statute-of-limitations grounds, and the case went to trial on the remaining charges in 2003. The jury…