State v. Hill

Colleen Conway Cooney, Judge.

{¶ 1} In this consolidated appeal, plaintiff-appellant and cross-appellee, the state of Ohio, appeals from the trial court’s decision granting the petition for postconviction relief of defendant-appellee and cross-appellant, David Hill. Hill filed a separate appeal challenging his convictions and sentence, which we will treat as a delayed appeal. Finding merit to the state’s appeal, we reverse the court’s judgment of postconviction relief, which vacated the conviction and reentered judgment in order to allow a direct appeal.

{¶ 2} In December 2002, Hill was charged…