STATE v. LAWSON

No. 90-1342.

64 Ohio St.3d 336 (1992)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 12, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. White, Prosecuting Attorney, and David Henry Hoffmann, for appellee.

H. Fred Hoefle and Kenneth J. Koenig, for appellant.


HOLMES, J.

Appellant has raised twelve propositions of law. Each has been thoroughly reviewed and for the reasons stated below we find them without merit, and uphold the appellant's convictions and death sentence.

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Appellant's second, third and fourth propositions of law are interrelated. They stem from the admission into evidence of a tape-recorded conversation between appellant and Billy Payton. The portion played to the jury contained the following...

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