State v. Cooey

{¶ 1} Appellant, Richard Wade Cooey II, was convicted of the aggravated murders of Wendy Offredo and Dawn McCreery and sentenced to death. In 1987, the Court of Appeals for Summit County affirmed his convictions and death sentences. State v. Cooey (Dec. 23, 1987), Summit App. No. CA-12943, 1987 WL 31921. We affirmed that judgment. State v. Cooey (1989), 46 Ohio St.3d 20, 544 N.E.2d 895. Cooey’s convictions and sentences have also survived state postconviction review and federal habeas corpus review. See State v. Cooey (May 25, 1994), Summit App. Nos. 15895 and 15966, 1994 WL 201009, appeal…