State v. Dougherty

Hadley, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Mark F. Dougherty (“appellant”), appeals from the judgment entry of conviction and sentencing in the Hancock County Court of Common Pleas.

The trial transcript reveals the following facts. In the early morning hours of July 17, 1992, appellant, his brother, John Dougherty, and John’s wife, Brenda, traveled to Findlay, Ohio. The purpose of the trio’s excursion was to steal two vehicles from Basol Maintenance (“Basol”) in order to consummate an armed robbery of a store in Napoleon, Ohio. 1 Brenda dropped off appellant and John behind Basol. Each of them was…