State v. Watson

Anne L. Kilbane, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered after a bench trial before Judge Burt W. Griffin. Luster Watson claims that his conviction for robbery through the use or threat of immediate force, as described in R.C. 2911.02(A)(3), is invalid because it is not a lesser included offense of robbery through the attempt, infliction, or threat of physical harm, as described in R.C. 2911.02(A)(2), and that he was indicted only for the latter offense. We affirm.

{¶ 2} On March 11, 2002, then fifty-year-old Watson was arrested after stealing lotion from…