State v. Lanier

*379Dinkelacker, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Daniel Lanier, appeals his convictions for one count of attempted murder1 and two counts of felonious assault,2 all with accompanying firearm specifications. We affirm the trial court’s findings of guilt, but because two of the convictions should have been merged for sentencing, we vacate the sentences imposed and remand the case for resentencing.

I. Facts

{¶ 2} Evidence presented at a jury trial showed that Biondi Stevenson and his cousin, Ronald Dickerson, learned that Josh and Jeremy Griffin wanted to fight them. Stevenson had been Jeremy’s…