STATE v. ROGERS

No. 84-784.

28 Ohio St. 3d 427 (1986)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony G. Pizza, prosecuting attorney, James D. Bates and James E. Yavorcik, for appellee.

John J. Callahan, Ralph DeNune III and Douglas A. Wilkins, for appellant.

Randall M. Dana, David C. Stebbins and Randall L. Porter for amicus curiae, Ohio Public Defender Commission.


HOLMES, J.

In Caldwell v. Mississippi, supra, the United States Supreme Court held that a death sentence is invalid "when the sentencing jury is led to believe that responsibility for determining the appropriateness of a death sentence rests not with the jury but with the appellate court which later reviews the case." Caldwell, supra, at 323. It is clear that the Mississippi jury was statutorily obligated to determine whether a defendant "should...

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