STATE v. ROGERS

No. 74-762.

43 Ohio St. 2d 28 (1975)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Corrigan, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. William T. Doyle, Jr., for appellee.

Mr. James R. Willis, for appellant.


WILLIAM B. BROWN, J.

The case for the defense portrays the evidence as a father's reactions to a vicious assault on his young son in the presence of his young daughter; a subsequent assault upon the son in his presence; resistance and escape by the arrestee during a citizen arrest and a shouted warning that the arrestee had a gun, all resulting in a homicide which was both excusable and justifiable because it was perpetrated in self-defense, while exercising the privilege...

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