State v. Underdown, 06ap-676 (4-17-2007)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Anthony E. Underdown, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. For the following reasons, we affirm that judgment.

{¶ 2} On the evening of August 27, 2005, appellant was grilling food at his mother's house in Columbus, Ohio, for his mother and a friend. Tonya Bennett, appellant's niece, came to the house with a friend, Larry Vincent. Bennett and Vincent sat by themselves at a picnic table in the backyard for most of the night. At some point, Bennett and Vincent began arguing. Appellant went back to the picnic…