State v. Phillips, Unpublished Decision (9-3-2004)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant, Thomas Phillips, appeals from his convictionfor Theft in violation of R.C. 2913.02, a felony of the fifthdegree. Defendant was sentenced to serve a term of ten monthsimprisonment on his conviction. {¶ 2} Phillips' offense arose from his theft of checks from anauto dealership in Clark County. He subsequently negotiated someof the checks in Montgomery County, having signed his own name tothem. {¶ 3} Phillips was incarcerated in the Greene County jail onunrelated charges when, on August 29, 2002, he was interviewed byKettering Police Detective Michael L. Winters, who…