Legal Opinion
State v. Skatzes, 22322 (10-10-2008)
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided October 10, 2008No. Nos. 22322, 22484PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
{¶ 1} George Skatzes appeals from two judgments of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, which denied his petition for postconviction relief (CA 22322) and overruled his motion for a new trial (CA 22484). These appeals have been consolidated on appeal. For the following reasons, the judgments of the trial court will be affirmed.
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{¶ 2} In 1995, George Skatzes was found guilty of three counts of aggravated murder arising out of an eleven-day inmate riot and siege at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. The riot occurred in April 1993. Skatzes was convicted of…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. SkatzesOhio Court of Appeals · 2019