Legal Opinion
State v. Cassano
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided August 7, 2002No. 1999-1268PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPfeifer, J.
{¶ 1} On October 17, 1997, inmate Walter Hardy moved into a cell at Mansfield Correctional Institution (“MANCI”) and became the cellmate of appellant August A. Cassano. Despite complaints by Cassano, authorities did not remove Hardy from the cell. On October 21, 1997, at about 2:30 a.m., Cassano killed Hardy by stabbing him approximately seventy-five times with a shank (prison-made knife). A jury convicted Cassano of aggravated murder. Cassano was sentenced to death.
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{¶ 2} Cassano was serving time at MANCI because he had been convicted of aggravated murder in Summit County on…
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