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Police said at the time that they believed the shootings involved a case of mistaken identity.

TRACEY BLAIR Published: December 14, 2020 A Mahoning County murder defendant argued his due process and Crim.R. 43 rights were violated when he was not physically present at his resentencing hearing. The state argued that although the trial court did not obtain a waiver under Crim.R. 43, the error did not rise to the level of plain error. The 7th District Court of Appeals affirmed the sentence, finding Aubrey Toney failed to demonstrate the outcome of the jury trial would have been differe...

TRACEY BLAIR Published: December 14, 2020 A Mahoning County murder defendant argued his due process and Crim.R. 43 rights were violated when he was not physically present at his resentencing hearing. The state argued that although the trial court did not obtain a waiver under Crim.R. 43, the error did not rise to the level of plain error. The 7th District Court of Appeals affirmed the sentence, finding Aubrey Toney failed to demonstrate the outcome of the jury trial would have been different...