State v. Snowden

This matter is before us on defendant-appellant’s appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County rendered on a jury verdict finding defendant guilty of one count of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated robbery.

Defendant, Donald L. Snowden, was involved in a traffic accident with Susie Beam in June 1981. Beam, who was a go-go dancer at the Bottoms Up Bar, told defendant she would pay for the damage to his vehicle, and gave him her telephone numbers at home and at work.

Defendant and Beam discussed a settlement amount of $80, which defendant testified he had…