STATE v. BELTON

No. 2012-0902.

149 Ohio St.3d 165 (2016)

2016-Ohio-1581

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. BELTON, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia R. Bates , Lucas County Prosecuting Attorney, and Evy M. Jarrett , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Spiros P. Cocoves and Jeffrey P. Nunnari , for appellant.

O'NEILL, J., concurs in part and dissents in part for the reasons set forth in his dissenting opinion in , 2013-Ohio-164, 981 N.E.2d 900.


{¶ 1} In 2008, defendant-appellant, Anthony Belton, robbed a gas-station convenience store and murdered Matthew Dugan, the attendant working in the store. Belton entered a no-contest plea to charges of aggravated robbery and aggravated murder with capital specifications, and a three-judge panel sentenced him to death...

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