State v. Lamar

2. LaMar was tried and convicted in 1995 in Lawrence County for murdering five of his fellow inmates during the 1993 Lucasville prison riot. LaMar was sentenced to death for four of the five murders. The court of appeals affirmed his convictions and the death sentences in 1998. State v. LaMar (Aug. 13, 1998), Lawrence App. No. 95CA31, 1998 WL 514548. We then affirmed the appellate courts judgment. State v. LaMar, 95 Ohio St.3d 181, 2002-Ohio-2128, 767 N.E.2d 166.