Legal Opinion
State v. Roberts
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided August 2, 2006No. 2003-1441PublishedCited by 295 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
{¶ 1} At 12:01 a.m., December 12, 2001, the appellant, Donna M. Roberts, phoned 911 to report the death of her former husband, Robert Fingerhut, at the home they shared in Howland Township, Trumbull County, Ohio. After investigating, the police learned that Roberts and Nathaniel Jackson had plotted to kill Fingerhut while Jackson was in prison in the months preceding the murder. Subsequently, the pair were arrested and indicted.
{¶ 2} Jackson was convicted of the aggravated murder of Fingerhut and was sentenced to death, a conviction and sentence that we have affirmed. See State v. Jackson,…
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