State v. Thompson

On March 31, 1976, an indictment was filed in the Common Pleas Court charging Gary Everett Thompson and Myron Lester Tilton, along with two other men, with three counts of aggravated murder with specifications of aggravated circumstances, and three counts of complicity in the commission of aggravated murder with a specification of an aggravated circumstance.

In due course, Thompson and Tilton were arraigned, entered pleas of not guilty and, defendants being unable to employ counsel, the trial court appointed attorneys for both. At the request of each defendant, attorney Harry Schmuek and…