State v. Ford

Appellant John Ford appeals his conviction by a jury in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas for possessing criminal tools, in violation of R.C. 2923.24.

The evidence indicates that appellant and Darnice Guyon had had a “relationship,” and had lived together, but the arrangement had been discontinued. Around midnight on February 27, 1984, Darnice Guyon was at home when she heard someone knocking at the door and ringing the doorbell. She did not answer the door. A few minutes later, her living room window was shattered by a tree branch, and appellant stepped through the window. According…