YOUNGSTOWN — Prosecutors turned over about 300 pages of documents related to DNA, four CDs and other evidence to Brian Donlow Jr. on Tuesday for him to review in his aggravated murder case.

Donlow, 26, is representing himself in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court against charges that he and two other men shot Christopher Jackson Jr., 21, of Warren to death Nov. 18, 2018.

Donlow is scheduled to have a trial without a jury before Judge Anthony D’Apolito starting April 27. His co-defendants are set for trial Aug. 2.

Jackson was found dead in a running car at Bennington and Stewart avenues on the East Side. Another man with Jackson was seriously wounded but lived.

Dawn Cantalamessa, assistant county prosecutor, told D’Apolito she had turned over about 300 pages of information produced by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation related to DNA evidence.

“I printed them out and gave them to the defendant. He is allowed to take those back to the jail,” she said. She said she provided Donlow with a witness list.

The CDs contain videos of the statements given by the surviving victim in the case and 911 and police radio traffic from the shooting.

The CDs are allowed to go to the Mahoning County jail for Donlow to view and hear, but they must remain in the possession of the sheriff’s office, Cantalamessa said.

She added that she believes all of the pretrial evidence the defense is supposed to have has been provided to Donlow.

Before the hearing started, a deputy removed staples from the documents because inmates are not allowed to possess items such as staples.

When the judge allowed Donlow to represent himself, he appointed attorney J.P. Laczko to serve as standby counsel, meaning Laczko will attend pretrial hearings and the trial and remain available to take over as Donlow’s lawyer if Donlow decides he wants that assistance.

Laczko sat with Donlow during Tuesday’s hearing. He and Donlow talked at various times during the hearing.

But when D’Apolito asked Donlow questions about whether he was prepared to go forward with the trial, Donlow answered on his own.

Donlow said he had received all of the pretrial evidence he wanted and said he would be ready for the trial April 27 even though the judge suggested that it was not a great deal of time to prepare.

Donlow only answered “Yes, sir” and “No, sir” to the questions the judge asked.

The judge decided to set one more pretrial hearing in the case the week of April 10 in case Donlow has any other questions to ask before trial.

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