STATE v. JACKSON

No. 72-360.

32 Ohio St. 2d 203 (1972)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry Friberg, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Melvin L. Resnick, for appellee.

Hayward, Cooper, Straub, Walinski, Cramer & Co., L. P. A., Mr. Cary Rodman Cooper and Mr. John J. Callahan, for appellant.


BROWN, J.

The appellant presents the court with four propositions of law.

Propositions three and four deal solely with the death penalty being cruel and unusual punishment under the federal and state constitutions. Based upon the holdings in Furman v. Georgia (1972), 408 U.S. 238, 33 L. Ed. 2d 346, and State v. Leigh (1972), 31 Ohio St.2d 97, that the carrying...

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