State v. Hare

{¶ 1} Prentiss Hare appeals his convictions for aggravated robbery and felony murder. Finding no error, we affirm.

I. Background

{¶ 2} Hare was indicted on four counts following the death of Dashun Lumford: purposeful murder, felony-murder with a predicate offense of aggravated robbery, felony-murder with a predicate offense of felonious assault, and aggravated robbery. The case was tried to a jury, which heard the following evidence.

The death

{¶ 3} Donald Walton lived in a duplex at 12 South Light Street in Springfield, Ohio. On the morning of December 4, 2015, a Friday, Walton was at home with…