State v. Kozlosky

Patricia Ann Blackmon, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellant, Carl Kozlosky, appeals his convictions and assigns ten errors for our review. 1 Having reviewed the record and pertinent law, we reverse the convictions and remand for a new trial. The apposite facts follow.

{¶ 2} Carl Kozlosky admitted shooting Andre Coleman in self-defense. The first trial was scheduled in March 2010. At the close of the state’s questioning of its primary witness, Valerie McNaughton, the prosecutor asked her, “[D]id Carl ever express a willingness or desire to kill Andre prior to killing him?” Immediately, the defense…