State v. Woods

In August 1986, the Hamilton County Grand Jury returned a joint, multi-count indictment charging Carol Jean Porter and defendant-appellant Jeffrey Woods with aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated murder and/or aggravated robbery in connection with the fatal shooting of Porter’s uncle, Jessie Gandy. The charges against defendant were tried to a jury. At the close of the state’s case-in-chief, the trial court granted defendant’s Crim. R. 29 motion for acquittal on the conspiracy charge. The defense rested without presenting any evidence and the remaining…