State v. Moore, 06-Ma-15 (3-12-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Darrin Moore (Moore), appeals his conviction in the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for escape, aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, two counts of receiving stolen property, and failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer.

{¶ 2} On September 9, 2003, Moore, who was seventeen years old at the time, and another person allegedly robbed a woman of her purse and vehicle in a parking lot in Boardman, Ohio. One of them also allegedly pistol whipped her, and the other removed her bra and fondled her breasts and buttocks. She was able to break…