STATE v. SMITH

No. 90-1433.

61 Ohio St.3d 284 (1991)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur M. Ney, Jr., prosecuting attorney, and Christian J. Schaefer, for appellee.

Elizabeth E. Agar, for appellant.


ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.

We have reviewed appellant's sixteen propositions of law, independently assessed the evidence relating to the death sentences, balanced the aggravating circumstances against the mitigating factors, and reviewed the proportionality of the sentences to those imposed in similar cases. As a result, we affirm the convictions and sentences of death.

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In his initial proposition, Smith contends...

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