State v. Tucker

{¶ 1} This is an appeal by defendant-appellant, Andre Tucker, from a judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas following a jury trial in which he was found guilty of two counts of theft.

{¶ 2} On September 5, 2014, appellant was indicted in Franklin C.P. No. 14CR-4758 for two counts of theft, in violation of R.C. 2913.02, both felonies of the fifth degree. On January 28, 2015, appellant was indicted on an unrelated charge of burglary in Franklin C.P. No. 15CR-424.

{¶ 3} Both cases came for trial before a jury beginning October 19, 2015. The first…