State v. Hill

This cause is before the court on appeal from the April 18, 1986 judgment of the Wood County Court of Common Pleas. Defendant-appellant, Troy Hill (hereinafter “appellant”), was indicted by the Wood County Grand Jury on November 8, 1985, on one count of kidnapping, three counts of rape committed as a principal offender, one count of rape as aider and abettor of Lamont Walker, and one count of rape as aider and abettor of Patrick Henry.

The prosecutor filed a motion for joinder and the trial court granted the motion on February 13, 1986. A joint jury trial was held for appellant, and…