Capital murder cases

Capital murder cases

Awaiting trial in Mahoning County:

Death penalty rationale: The slaying of more than one person.

Suspects: Lorenza I. Barnette, Kenneth Moncrief, and Joseph Moreland.

Victims: Jaron L. Roland and Darry B. Woods-Burt Jr.

Date of slaying: Aug. 11, 2009.

Tentative trial dates: March 14, 2011, for Barnette, others unknown.

Judge: Maureen A. Sweeney.

Prosecutors: Paul J. Gains, Dawn Cantalamessa and Rebecca L. Doherty.

Defense lawyers: J. Gerald Ingram and Ronald D. Yarwood for Barnette; Thomas E. Zena and Douglas B. Taylor for Moncrief; Louis M. DeFabio and Anthony P. Meranto for Moreland.

Death penalty rationale: Aggravated murder while committing aggravated robbery.

Suspect: Jamar Houser.

Victim: Angeline Fimognari.

Date of slaying: Jan. 23, 2010.

Trial date: Unknown.

Judge: Lou A. D’Apolito.

Prosecutors: Gains, Cantalamessa and Doherty.

Defense lawyers: John B. Juhasz and Lynn Maro.

Death penalty rationale: The slaying of a child.

Suspect: Shawn E. Davis.

Victim: Makenzie McBride.

Date of slaying: April 6, 2010.

Trial date: Jan. 10, 2011.

Judge: Maureen A. Sweeney.

Prosecutors: Gains and Cantalamessa.

Defense lawyers: Thomas E. Zena and Douglas B. Taylor.

Death penalty rationale: A planned aggravated murder and aggravated robbery.

Suspects: Robert S. Brooks and Grant P. Cooper.

Victim: Vivian Martin.

Date of slaying: Sept. 20, 2010.

Trial dates: Unknown.

Judge: James C. Evans.

Prosecutors: Gains, Cantalamessa, Doherty and Mark L. Hockensmith.

Defense lawyers: James S. Gentile and Ronald D. Yarwood for Brooks; Thomas E. Zena and Lynn Maro for Cooper.

Death penalty rationale: A plan to kill two or more people.

Suspects: Aubrey Toney and Kevin D. Agee Jr.

Victim: Thomas Repchic.

Date of slaying: Sept. 25, 2010.

Tentative trial dates: July 11, 2011 for Agee; Sept. 12, 2011 for Toney.

Judge: Maureen A. Sweeney.

Prosecutors: Gains, Cantalamessa, Doherty and Robert J. Andrews.

Defense lawyers: James S. Gentile and Rhys Cartwright-Jones for Agee; John B. Juhasz and Paul Conn for Toney.SFlb

Source: Mahoning County Common Pleas Court records and prosecutor’s office.