Legal Opinion
State v. Swiergosz
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided March 2, 2012No. Nos. L-10-1013 and L-10-1052PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Yarbrough, Judge.
{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Michael P. Swiergosz, appeals his convictions for three counts of kidnapping, two counts of rape, aggravated burglary, felonious assault, and having a weapon while under a disability. The Lucas County Court of Common Pleas entered a judgment of sentence on these convictions on February 10, 2010.
{¶ 2} The core facts from the trial record are undisputed. In the early morning of April 28, 2009, Swiergosz broke into a friend’s home in Wood County and stole two firearms. One was a Glock semi-automatic pistol loaded with a full magazine, and the other a…
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