State v. McNeill

Whitmore, Judge.

Appellant, Freddie McNeill, Jr., appeals from a judgment of the Lorain County-Court of Common Pleas that denied his petition for post-conviction relief. This court affirms in part and reverses in part.

I

McNeill was convicted of the aggravated murder of Blake Fulton and was sentenced to death. This court affirmed his conviction and sentence on direct appeal. See State v. McNeill (Apr. 1, 1997), Lorain App. No. 95CA006158, unreported, 1997 WL 177685. The Ohio Supreme Court also affirmed the conviction and sentence. See State v. McNeill (1998), 83 Ohio St.3d 438, 700 N.E.2d 596.

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