STATE v. PRUETT

No. 41163.

28 Ohio St. 2d 29 (1971)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. PRUETT, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert D. Webb, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Walter E. Thayer, for appellee.

Messrs. Nazor & Nazor and Mr. Gordon L. Nazor, for appellant.


Per Curiam.

Under the view taken by the United States Supreme Court of the jury voir dire, as reflected in the three cases cited, supra, which we are obliged to follow, one or more of the members of the veniremen discharged in the instant case did not unambiguously state that he would automatically vote against the imposition of the death penalty in a proper case, or in other words, no matter what the trial might reveal.

Accordingly, the...

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