No jury notes in Davis death penalty case

YOUNGSTOWN — An expert witness was expected to testify today that traces of the accelerant used to ignite an old two-story house and kill six inside showed up on Michael A. Davis’ clothes.

Davis, a short, baby-faced 18-year-old, is on trial for his life in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, charged in a 29-count aggravated murder and arson indictment. Judge R. Scott Krichbaum is presiding over the capital murder case against Davis.

The judge is not permitting jurors to take notes, telling them the trial is like attending a play, where they pay attention to what happens in front of them. Trial testimony in the city’s largest mass murder began Thursday.

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