State v. Trocodaro

This is an appeal from a conviction of first degree murder entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County. The matter was submitted to the court following a waiver of the jury by the defendant, appellant herein. The waiver was given with the knowledge and approval of the defendant’s legal counsel.

The facts upon which this conviction was based clearly evidence one of the most cold blooded acts of murder that the writer of this decision has had the unpleasant duty to review upon appeal.

The facts, in brief, are that the defendant-appellant, in company with two other men, a Robert Laws…