State v. Limbeck, 2007-T-0068 (6-27-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Appellant, Ciera Limbeck ("Ms. Limbeck"), appeals from a judgment of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas sentencing her to eight years imprisonment for involuntary manslaughter. For the following reasons, we affirm.

{¶ 2} On September 4, 2006, Ms. Limbeck, then eighteen years old, engaged in a fight with Brittany Fuller ("Fuller"), a sixteen-year-old, over a dispute involving cigarettes and prank telephone calls. Ms. Limbeck nicked Fuller in the neck with a knife, cutting her jugular vein, and Fuller bled to death an hour later.

{¶ 3} On September 13, 2006, a grand jury…