State v. Cunningham

{¶ 1} On January 3, 2002, in Lima, Ohio, Jeronique D. Cunningham, defendant-appellant, and his half-brother, Cleveland Jackson Jr., robbed a group of eight people and then fired their weapons into the group from close range. Three-year-old Jayla Grant and 17-year-old Leneshia Williams died of gunshot wounds. A jury convicted Cunningham of the aggravated murders of Grant and Williams and sentenced him to death.

{¶ 2} In the early afternoon of January 3, 2002, Cunningham met his friend, LaShane (“Shane”) Liles, at the home of Cunningham’s sister, Tara Cunningham. After discussing a drug…