State v. Watson

William W. Young, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Kevin Watson, appeals a decision by the Butler County Court of Common Pleas on June 25, 1997, which dismissed his petition for postconviction relief. We affirm.

We have previously detailed the facts of appellant’s case as follows:

“On the evening of June 3, 1987, Eli Mast and Krista Toney were checking lottery receipts at Mast’s New and Used Furniture Store located at 427 South Second Street in Hamilton, Ohio. Two juveniles, Marlon Moon, age fifteen, and Willie Prater, age sixteen, were in the rear of the store playing video games. At…