State v. Combs

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

On February 17,1987, Ronald Dean Combs, petitioner-appellant, was convicted of the aggravated murders of Peggy and Joan Shoonover. Both convictions were accompanied by gun and death specifications. Peggy Shoonover was petitioner’s former girlfriend and the mother of his child. Joan Shoonover was Peggy Shoonover’s mother. On February 17, 1988, Combs received the death sentence for the murders and three years of actual incarceration for the gun specifications. Combs was unsuccessful in his appeals to this court of appeals and the Ohio Supreme' Court. See, generally,…