Kelley v. Wilson

{¶ 1} On April 4, 1991, a three-judge panel of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas held a hearing at which appellant, Shawn P. Kelley, entered a guilty plea to two counts of aggravated murder with death-penalty specifications and one count of aggravated robbery. The trial court heard a prosecutor’s statement of facts, but it did not determine on the record whether Kelley was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of aggravated murder or of a lesser offense. The trial court stated that it would enter Kelley’s pleas of guilty to the charges and then proceeded to sentence him.

{¶ 2} On April…