Ohio Court of Appeals December 7, 1990, Case No. CA-2751 (State v. Thompson)

SMART, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Co.urt of Common Pleas of Richland County, Ohio, that convicted and sentenced defendant-appellant, Scott Thompson (appellant), for violation of R.C. 2903.02, murder, after a bench trial.

On December 26, 1988, Saul Harris, appellant's cell mate at the Ohio State Refor*248matory in Mansfield, Ohio, was found dead in his cell.