Larry O. Davis, Railroaded in the late Judge Nancy McDonnell Court?

By CELESTE M. HART

Larry O. Davis, 67, currently in Ohio’s Marion prison, serving several 25 to life sentences, 10 to life and other years to life, found guilty by a jury and engineered by Judge Nancy McDonnell who passed, Nov 2021, in Cleveland’s Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. Davis, indicted with 13 rape counts, some attempted rapes, some sexual batteries and kidnappings that ‘occurred’ repeatedly over 18 months of his great-niece, named as A.W. in court papers. I personally observed this week-long trial that ended on Halloween, 2018, and had all the makings of a horror movie in wrongful convictions.

Davis was out on a $100,000 bond secured by his mother’s home. He escorted his mother, Virginia, now 89, daily to court, but she never entered the courtroom, as no one else entered except the prosecutor, Davis’ attorney, the county’s prosecutors’ leader, Michael C. O’Malley, the ever-sympathetic rape crisis advocate and several law students to probably learn the tricks of the trade.

“I was told that since I was a witness I had to wait in the lobby. I wanted to let them know this girl, my granddaughter, is a troubled soul, always causing problems and she a liar. He looked out for her. She was always asking him for stuff but he didn’t get her that darn phone,” said Virginia.

(SIDEBAR: Ironically, Nancy did not object to a witness in a different rape case to sit in during a day of trial and be openly coached by her husband, while she testified. Yes, I saw it all)

“A.W.’s mother testified that A.W. had a history of lying to get what she wanted,” according to statement from appeals.

“Appellant appears to argue that A.W.’s testimony was not credible or believable, and that her “history of lying” casts doubt on the veracity of her testimony. Appellant further contends that A.W. fabricated the allegations against him in order to avoid getting into trouble or punished for her grades and conduct in school. “

A.W. said she had 2 f’s and was scared. “My mom was upset about school…I told her I was raped or molested or whatever it’s called.”

A.W. reported to the Sexual Assault Nurse, Ms. Goellnitz, that Davis penetrated her vagina and anal area, sucked on her breast, and vagina and she sucked his penis, 80 to 100 times, from July 2016 to February 7th or 8th of 2018, even when her mother was in the home, and at his girlfriend’s house, in his truck and at Virginia’s home. Davis as an over the road truck driver, spent months away from home and often took his mother on his trips. So, every time he came home he came to rape his great-niece, according to her account.

“The state argued that it met its burden of proof based on Goellnitz report and testimony during trial,” according to the appeal.

That report is a form with check boxes that A.W responded to with questions like, ‘was your anus penetrated with his finger, where first she checked ‘no’ then he asked again and she checked the ‘yes’ box. It appears A.W. checked every box on the form as ‘yes’ answers. All the evidence used against Davis was her statements, many would consider hearsay and a victim centered trial.

The forensic analyst testified that a DNA matched between appellant’s DNA profile and a dried stain obtained from A.W.’s breast. Not anywhere else!

“One day, I looked up and she (A.W.) had on the shirt that Larry took off after he cut the grass. I was wondering why did she have it on. I wanted to tell the lawyer about it,” said Vivian.

McDonnell possesses a horrible reputation in Cuyahoga County’s wrongful conviction world. She was the judge, in 2003, for RuEl Sailor, exonerated in 2018, after 15 years of a 28 years to life sentence in prison on a murder even though he was not in the vicinity. At his freedom hearing, McDonnell chastised him and gave him 10 years for perjury and obstruction of justice, but gave him credit for time served, for trying to cover up for a friend during his testimony in original trial.

“Listen how she talks to me…She talked to me crazy…10 years for perjury,” posted Sailor who received a nice compensation, now an injustice advocate and created a clothing line, Comma Club.

Watch that video here: https://www.facebook.com/ruel.sailor.3/posts/861273440974025

“You came into this court and you lied. Your lie put the victim’s family through so much. You put yourself in prison. You told a lie to help your friend…,” said McDonnell in the hearing.

“Dirty dirty dirty Nancy! She is a disgrace…She was ruthless to Anthony too!” posted AnthonynJea Kenney on social media.

Kenney continuously fights for the exoneration of her husband, Peter Anthony Kenney Jr. who was convicted, as an adult, of murder at age 17, in 2001, in Nancy’s court, sentenced to 30 years to life. all of his appeals denied.

Nancy oversaw the grand jury that chose not to indict the Cleveland police officers in the fatal killing of 12 year-old Tamir Rice and ruled that the transcripts be kept sealed, the NAACP appealed to no avail.

Nancy, first elected in 1996, will be on the bench for another six years as she is on the Nov, 3rd, 2020, ballot with no opponent. Scary!