State, Ex Rel Brown v. Dana

McCormac, Judge.

Relator was convicted on two counts of aggravated murder and sentenced to death. The Hamilton County Court of Appeals and the Ohio Supreme Court, 38 Ohio St.3d 305, 528 N.E.2d 523, affirmed the convictions and the sentence.

Due to conflict of interest concerns arising from the representation of relator’s co-defendant, the State Public Defender entered into personal service contracts with attorneys Ken Murray and Patricia Walsh in which they agreed to provide expert legal services and consultation in relator’s postconviction process. Murray’s contract provided that he would be…