LISBON — Convicted killer Jeno L. Wall, whose trial defense attorneys already filed an appeal on his behalf Thursday, filed an appeal of his own on Friday to challenge the outcome of his case.

In a partially typed and partially handwritten document, Wall, 35, formerly of Steubenville, asked for the appointment of appellate counsel and listed a summary of probable issues for review by the Seventh District Court of Appeals.

Those issues included ineffective assistance of counsel, impermissable suggestive identification and insufficient evidence.

Wall was sentenced a month ago to prison for the rest of his life with no possibility of parole for killing Robert E. “Hubba” Herron on Sept. 9, 2024 in Wellsville. A jury found him guilty of all charges, including aggravated murder, murder, firearm specifications and intimidation of an attorney, victim or witness in a criminal case.

Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton followed the recommendation of the prosecution and sentenced Wall to life in prison without the possibility of parole for aggravated murder (and the merged murder count), an additional mandatory three years for the firearm specification and an additional three years for intimidation of an attorney, victim or witness in a criminal case, a third-degree felony.

He was also designated a violent offender and received credit for 272 days served in jail.

He had been accused of hitting and shooting Herron, 30, of East Liverpool, to death at a property on 10th Street in Wellsville. Two eyewitnesses testified to being there when he hit him and fired a single gunshot. The intimidation charge stemmed from Wall threatening one of the eyewitnesses, James R. “Jimmy” Howell.

Defense attorneys Joe King and Charley Kidder also requested appellate counsel be appointed to handle the appeal. Assignments of error they listed for consideration included: the defendant’s conviction was against the manifest weight of the evidence; the trial court erred when it denied the defense motion for acquittal; the trial court erred in overruling the defense motion to suppress a photo lineup; and there was not a legal sufficiency of the evidence.

Wall said multiple times during the trial that he was innocent and did not murder anyone.

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