STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 78-8.

56 Ohio St. 2d 35 (1978)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Simon L. Leis, Jr., prosecuting attorney, Mr. William E. Breyer, Mr. F. David Albanese and Mr. Joseph G. Carr, for appellee.

Ms. Cheryl D. Grant and Mr. Robert R. Hastings, Jr., for appellant.


Per Curiam.

Appellant has presented four propositions of law.

I.

Appellant proposes that the trial court erred in overruling appellant's motion for acquittal and, in the alternative, seeks reduction of the aggravated murder charge to involuntary manslaughter upon the ground that the state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant "purposely cause[d] the death," under R. C. 2903.-01(B), of Otto Baum.

R. C. 2901.22(A)...

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