State v. Jackson, Unpublished Decision (2-13-1998)

CourtOhio Court of Appeals
DecidedFebruary 13, 1998
DocketC.A. Case No. 16495. T.C. Case No. JC 96-6765, JC 96-5915.
StatusUnpublished

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State v. Jackson, Unpublished Decision (2-13-1998), (Ohio Ct. App. 1998).

Opinion

Jamaal Jackson appeals his convictions of one count of aggravated robbery with a firearm specification and one count of unauthorized use of property as well as the trial court's denial of Jackson's motion for a new trial on his complicity to commit Robbery and Felonious Assault charges.

I.
This matter has its basis in two complaints filed against Jackson. The first complaint was filed against Jackson on September 18, 1996, in the Juvenile Court for one count of complicity to commit Robbery and one count of complicity to commit Felonious Assault. The complicity to commit Felonious Assault charge was converted into Felonious Assault on October 2, 1996. Because Jackson neither requested nor filed a transcript of his trial on this complaint, the only version of the facts underlying these charges that are available to us are those written and adopted by the trial court. We have reproduced those facts as follows:

At about 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 9, 1996, the Defendant was on Fairview Ave. in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, between Ravenwood and Catalpa with Guy Jackson, Brian Robbins and at least one other youth. At the same time, Raymond Martin, Diana Lee Grizzle and Rene Metcalf were walking along Fairview on their way to an art evening in an adjacent neighborhood. Upon seeing the Martin party, a member of the defendant's group said "here's a lick" referring to the Martin party as potential robbery victims. Guy Jackson approached the Martin party asking for change for a ten (10) or twenty (20) dollar bill. When told they had no money, he asked for a cigarette, was offered one, and he took and retained the entire pack. Another member of the defendant's asked the Martin party if the (sic) had any "weed" [marijuana] and were told they did not. Upon noticing Diana Grizzles' wallet, which was attached to her belt with a chain, one of defendant's group stated "she's got bank" meaning she had money. By this time defendant's group had closed in on the Martin party. Guy Jackson grabbed at the wallet and Raymond Martin grabbed his arm. From behind he heard "hey, that's my cousin" and he was struck in the back of the head. Martin immediately turned to face the defendant, Jamaal Jackson, who punched Martin in the face. Martin reacted and the two ended up on the ground with the defendant and others punching and kicking Martin. Diana Grizzle came to Martin's assistance and grabbed the defendant.

During the incident, Raymond Martin suffered injuries to his head, face and nose that resulted in bleeding, pain, dizziness, bumps and bruises. He was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital by the Dayton Police who feared he suffered a concussion and he was treated in the Emergency Room. Diana Grizzle suffered a broken finger for which she received treatment. Her wallet was taken and in it (sic), as well as its contents including twenty dollars ($20), was lost to her. Guy Jackson ended up with the wallet and the money. He, in the company of defendant, went away from their group following the incident only to return a short time later with "weed" [marijuana] purchased with Diana Grizzles' money.

The second complaint was filed against Jackson on October 21, 1997, in the Juvenile Court for one count of Aggravated Robbery with a Firearm Specification and one count of Unauthorized use of a vehicle. That complaint was based upon an incident that occurred on October 19, 1996. Between two o'clock and six forty-five in the morning on that date, a car owned by Eric Barnes was stolen from in front of his house. Barnes reported the theft to the police, providing all of the necessary identifying information. The car was a light blue 1983 Oldsmobile 98 with a dark blue top and license plate number NCK627. The car was never recovered.

At approximately seven o'clock in the morning on that same date, Diane Carpenter King was leaving her home for naval reserve duty. As Miss King was backing out of her driveway, another car backed up from the stop sign at the end of her street and stopped in the street behind her car. King tried to back the car out of her driveway, but was blocked by the car in the street. There were four individuals in the car.

An individual who King later identified as Jackson got out of the front passenger seat of the car and ran up to her car, carrying a gun. The individual passed through the beam of her headlights, and started pulling on her door, knocking on the window, and demanding that she open the door. King unlocked her door and opened it. According to King, the individual stated, "Give me your money, bitch, get out the car, bitch." King said that she replied, "Okay. Don't shoot me," and that she reached under her seat for her purse and handed it to the individual. Meanwhile, another individual exited the car, opened King's passenger door, removed King's duffle bags, and returned to the car.

After King handed the first individual her purse, he took it and walked in front of the car's headlights to look through her purse so as to find King's wallet. When the individual was unable to locate her wallet, he looked at King and asked her where her money was. King replied that it was in her purse, and the individual responded that it had better be there. Thereafter, he walked back to the car and got into it. The car was then driven away.

King was able to get a description of the car as it pulled away as well as the car's license plate number. King went into her house and called the police. King described the car to the police as a four door older model car which resembled a Buick with the license plate number NCK627. The license plate number matched the car that was stolen earlier that morning from Eric Barnes. King also provided the police with a physical description of both of the perpetrators. Additionally, King provided the police with a detailed description of the gun, an A-K 47, that the first perpetrator carried.

Two days later King was interviewed by Detective Timothy Bilinski. During the interview, Detective Bilinski showed King a photo line-up. King immediately identified Jackson as the first perpetrator. A week before the trial, another police officer, Detective Adragna, showed King an additional photo line-up in order to identify the second perpetrator. King identified an individual in the photo line-up as the second perpetrator and then misidentified another individual in the photo line-up as Jackson. Detective Adragna corrected King by informing her that the individual that she had identified was not Jackson. King then looked at the photograph more thoroughly and determined that the individual resembled Jackson, that is, except for the fact that the individual wore a different hair style and had facial hair.

On October 30, 1996, Jackson was adjudicated delinquent by a magistrate on both counts in the first complaint. On November 29, 1996, the magistrate issued a recommendation of sentence on the counts in the first complaint, and, in that decision, the trial court adopted the magistrate's adjudication of delinquency on the first complaint as well as the magistrate's recommended sentence. On the same date, the magistrate also adjudicated Jackson delinquent on both counts in the second complaint and recommended a sentence. The trial court likewise adopted the magistrate's decision and recommended sentence in the second complaint on that date.

The court sentenced Jackson to a minimum of twelve months in the Department of Youth Services for the counts in the first complaint. As to the counts in the second complaint, the court sentenced Jackson to a minimum of twelve months in the Department of Youth Services to be served concurrently with the sentences that the court imposed on the charges in the first complaint.

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