State v. Wade, Unpublished Decision (3-9-2007)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant, Ronald Wade, appeals from his conviction and sentence for murder.

{¶ 2} Defendant and his wife, Cynthia Wade, were married six years and had two four-year old twin boys. In the days leading up to her murder on March 25, 2005, Mrs. Wade had asked Defendant for a divorce. Two or three weeks prior to March 25, 2005, Defendant told a co-worker that "his wife could go but his boys weren't going anywhere." Another co-worker heard Defendant tell someone on the phone on March 21 or 22, 2005, "Bitch, if you leave me, I'll kill ya."

{¶ 3} Mrs. Wade submitted an application to rent…