State v. Downs

Supreme Court of Ohio · Decided 1977-07-13

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O’Neill, C. J. Appellant presents five propositions of law. I. In his first proposition of law, the defendant attacks the constitutionality of Ohio’s capital sentencing procedure, as follows: “Section 2929.04(B) of the Ohio Revised Code, requiring a defendant convicted of aggravated murder to prove certain mitigating, circumstances by a preponderance of the evidence in…

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