State v. Westlake

OPINION

By HOLTSBERRY, J.

Defendant having been found guilty by a jury in the Common Pleas Court of Licking County, Ohio, of assault with intent to rob, was sentenced on May 15, 1956, to the Ohio Penitentiary for an indeterminate sentence as provided by law. Motion for new trial was overruled. Upon appeal to the Court of Appeals of the Fifth District said conviction and sentence was affirmed. Among other questions before the trial court on the motion for a new trial and the appeal before the appellate court was the weight of the evidence. Defendant was taken to the Ohio Penitentiary to serve…