State v. Reed

Defendant contends that the prosecution did not prove the presence of prior calculation and design, aggravated robbery and escape. In State v. Sheppard (1956), 165 Ohio St. 293, this court stated in the fifth paragraph of the syllabus, that:

“In an appeal from a conviction in a criminal case, this court will not retry the issues of fact but will confine its consideration to a determination of whether there is sufficient evidence to have warranted the submission of the case to the jury and whether there is sufficient substantial evidence to support the verdict rendered.” This is the standard of…