State v. Rhodes

Supreme Court of Ohio · Decided 1992-05-13

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Wright, J. This case requires us to decide whether a defendant on trial for murder bears the burden of establishing by a preponderance of the evidence that he was “under the influence of sudden passion or in a sudden fit of rage, *617 either of which was brought on by serious provocation occasioned by the victim that * * * [was] reasonably sufficient to incite the * * * [d…

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