State v. Perry

{¶ 1} The question presented in this ease is whether the failure of the trial court to maintain written jury instructions with the “papers of the case” in violation of R.C. 2945.10(G) is cause for the automatic reversal of a defendant’s conviction.

I

{¶ 2} On February 9, 2001, the Franklin County Grand Jury indicted defendant-appellee, Michael L. Perry, for kidnapping, cunnilingus rape, vaginal rape, and gross sexual imposition. Appellee pleaded not guilty and was tried in the *119Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. At the conclusion of the trial, the jury found Perry not guilty of vaginal rape…