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STATE v. BERRY

No. 93-2592.

80 Ohio St.3d 371 (1997)

THE STATE OF OHIO v. BERRY.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Sutton, State Solicitor, Simon B. Karas, Deputy Chief Counsel, Sharon McClellan and Karl Wetzel, Assistant Attorneys General; Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and George J. Sadd, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, urging allowance of the motion.

David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, Joseph E. Wilhelm, Appellate Supervisor, Death Penalty Division, and J. Joseph Bodine, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, urging denial of the motion.

Per Curiam.

We have reviewed the record and considered the arguments of the state and the Public Defender. Based on our review, we find that Berry is competent to forgo all further reviews of his conviction and sentence.

I. Jurisdiction

The Public Defender argues that the Ohio Constitution gives us no jurisdiction to determine Berry's competence. Section 2(B)(1)(f), Article IV, Ohio Constitution, grants this court original jurisdiction...

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