State v. Ball, 07ap-818 (6-3-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Donovan R. Ball ("appellant"), appeals from a judgment of conviction and sentence by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas entered after a bench trial in which appellant was found guilty of one count of rape in violation of R.C. 2907.02, a felony of the first degree.

{¶ 2} The conviction herein arises from allegations that appellant sexually assaulted C.B.,1 the daughter of his girlfriend Jammie Pierce, between the time period of March 1 to June 1, 2000. On October 4, 2006, a Franklin County Grand Jury returned a six-count indictment against appellant…