State v. Hickman

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves several legal problems which arose in a first-degree murder prosecution.

In 1975 defendant Bernard Richard Hickman was convicted in Lucas County of assault with intent to rape and was sentenced to imprisonment. In that instance he slashed the victim’s throat and left her partially clothed. She recovered. He was paroled from prison in about five and one-half years.

Viewing the evidence in the present case in the light most favorable to the verdict of guilty, the jury could find the facts as follows. In September 1981 defendant and Louise Sheerin were…