![]() Noling has long denied any involvement in the Hartigs' deaths. ![]() Various appeals have been filed on Noling's behalf in the years since, including to the Ohio Supreme Court. A jury convicted him in 1996 and he was sentenced to death. Noling was accused of fatally shooting Bearnhardt and Cora Hartig during an apparent robbery in their Moff Road home in April 1990, when Noling was 18. The opinion sends the matter back to the common pleas court for "further proceedings consistent with the opinion." ![]() More: Court: Convicted Portage County man has right to DNA result "Tyrone Noling is an innocent man on death row, and yesterday’s decision represents an important step forward in his ongoing fight for a fair trial and to clear his name.” "There is no excuse for trying to hide evidence in a capital murder case, at any stage of the proceeding," said Brian Howe, an attorney representing Noling, in a written statement issued Tuesday. In an opinion filed this week, the 11th District Court of Appeals reversed a Portage County Common Pleas Court decision denying Tyrone Lee Noling, 49, access to records that potentially include evidence his trial attorneys were never given. ![]() An Ohio death row inmate has won an appeal granting him the right to review previously withheld records related to the murders of an elderly Atwater couple more than 30 years ago. ![]()
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