State v. Cross, 07-Ma-74 (6-27-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Jonathan Cross, appeals from a Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judgment convicting him of felonious assault, abduction, intimidation of a victim in a criminal case, and a firearm specification following a no contest plea.

{¶ 2} Appellant was arrested on April 28, 2006. On June 1, 2006, a Mahoning County grand jury indicted him on two counts of felonious assault, second-degree felonies in violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(1)(D), one count of kidnapping, a first-degree felony in violation of R.C. 2905.01(A)(3)(C), and one count of intimidation of a victim in a…