State v. Ketterer

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Donald Ketterer, appeals a decision of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas denying his two petitions for postconviction relief and other postconviction motions.

{¶ 2} In 2003, appellant pled guilty to aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, grand theft of a motor vehicle, and burglary in connection with the death of Lawrence Sanders. A three-judge panel convicted appellant on all charges. Following a penalty-phase hearing, the panel sentenced appellant to death on the aggravated murder charge and to prison terms for the noncapital offenses.…