State v. Ross

CALLAHAN, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-Appellant, Jocquez Ross, appeals from an order of the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas, disqualifying his retained counsel of choice. This Court affirms.

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{¶ 2} Mr. Ross was charged with a litany of offenses, including two counts of capital murder, following the deaths of a man ("the first victim") and the man's wife ("the second victim"). He chose to retain counsel and, over the next few months, either his retained counsel or his retained counsel's law partner appeared on his behalf at several pre-trials. At one of those pre-trials, the State notified the…