State v. Apanovitch

Ann McManamon, Presiding Judge.

Anthony C. Apanovitch appeals the denial of his petition for postconviction relief.

A jury convicted Apanovitch of aggravated murder, with a felony murder specification, aggravated burglary, and two counts of rape in 1984. The court sentenced him to death on count one and to consecutive fifteen to twenty-five year terms on the remaining three counts. These convictions arose from the attack, rape and slaying of Mary Ann Flynn in her west side Cleveland home. On direct appeal, both the Ohio Supreme Court and a panel of this court affirmed the judgment of…