Legal Opinion
State v. Conway
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided June 21, 2006No. 2003-1964PublishedCited by 538 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAlice Robie Resnick, J.
{¶ 1} In September 2001, James T. Conway III, defendant-appellant, killed Andrew Dotson with a pickax. A jury convicted Conway of aggravated murder and recommended the death penalty, and Conway was sentenced to death.
I. Facts and Case History
{¶ 2} On Friday, September 14, 2001, Jesse James was shot and wounded near the intersections of Evergreen, Fern Hill, and Palmetto Streets on the west side of Columbus. James, who was a witness for the defense, said that Dotson was at the scene of the shooting with a “big, fat white guy,” a description that matches Conway. James said that the “big, fat…
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