[Cite as State v. Webster, 2021-Ohio-3218.] IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO TENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT State of Ohio, : Plaintiff-Appellee, : No. 20AP-171 (C.P.C. No. 17CR-4852) v. : (REGULAR CALENDAR) Desmond L. Webster, : Defendant-Appellant. : D E C I S I O N Rendered on September 16, 2021 On brief: [G. Gary Tyack], Prosecuting Attorney, and Kimberly M. Bond, for appellee. Argued: Kimberly M. Bond. On brief: Carpenter Lipps & Leland LLP, Kort Gatterdam, and Erik P. Henry, for appellant. Argued: Kort Gatterdam. APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas LUPER SCHUSTER, J. {¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Desmond L. Webster, appeals from a judgment entry of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas finding him guilty 0f aggravated burglary, kidnapping, aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, and having weapons while under disability and sentencing him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. For the following reasons, we affirm. I. Facts and Procedural History {¶ 2} By indictment filed September 1, 2017, plaintiff-appellee, State of Ohio, charged Webster with one count of aggravated burglary in violation of R.C. 2911.11, a first- degree felony; four counts of kidnapping in violation of R.C. 2905.01, all first-degree felonies; four counts of aggravated robbery in violation of R.C. 2911.01, all first-degree No. 20AP-171 2 felonies; four counts of aggravated murder in violation of R.C. 2903.01, all unclassified felonies; four counts of murder in violation of R.C. 2903.02, all unclassified felonies; two counts of attempted murder in violation of R.C. 2923.02 and 2903.02, both first-degree felonies; three counts of felonious assault in violation of R.C. 2903.11, all second-degree felonies; and one count of having weapons while under disability in violation of R.C. 2923.13, a third-degree felony. All of the charges with the exception of the having weapons while under disability charge contained accompanying three-year firearm specifications pursuant to R.C. 2941.145(A). The charges related to the deaths of Mohamed A. Mohamed and Abdul Cadir A. Yussuf on or about July 18 to July 19, 2017. Additionally, the indictment included three other codefendants. Webster entered a plea of not guilty. {¶ 3} Webster waived his right to a jury trial on the having weapons while under disability charge, and a trial on the remaining counts against Webster and one of his codefendants, Milton W. Moore II, began on January 6, 2020. At trial, Julius Anderson, who is known by the nickname "Juice," testified that he had known Webster for most of his life and viewed Webster as his stepfather. Anderson agreed to provide testimony in Webster's case in exchange for a plea agreement with the state. Pursuant to his testimony, Anderson was living in the Wedgewood apartment complex in July 2017 and selling drugs for Webster. Sometime prior to July 18, 2017, Anderson said he bought $15,000 worth of heroin and crack cocaine from Webster and gave the drugs to a friend, Aden Hassan, for safekeeping. Anderson testified he later learned that Hassan's younger brothers, who Anderson estimated to be 10 or 11 years …
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