STATE v. NICHOLAS

No. 2020-1429.

217 N.E.3d 745 (2022)

171 Ohio St.3d 278

2022-Ohio-4276

The STATE of Ohio, Appellee, v. NICHOLAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 2, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin S. Talebi , Champaign County Prosecuting Attorney, and Jane A. Napier and Benjamin T. Hoskinson , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellee.

Timothy Young , Ohio Public Defender, and Timothy B. Hackett , Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Dave Yost , Attorney General, Benjamin M. Flowers , Solicitor General, and Samuel C. Peterson , Deputy Solicitor General, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.

Michael C. O'Malley , Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Daniel T. Van , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association.

Kevin J. Truitt , Columbus, urging reversal for amicus curiae Disability Rights Ohio.

Cullen Sweeney , Cuyahoga County Public Defender, and Erika B. Cunliffe , Assistant Public Defender, urging reversal for amicus curiae Cuyahoga County Public Defender.

National Association for Public Defense and H. Louis Sirkin , Cincinnati, urging reversal for amicus curiae National Association for Public Defense.

Justice for Children Project and Kimberly Jordan , urging reversal for amicus curiae Justice for Children Project.

Raymond Faller , Hamilton County Public Defender, and Jessica Moss , Juvenile Appellate Trial Counsel, urging reversal for amicus curiae Hamilton County Public Defender.

Theresa Haire , Montgomery County Public Defender, and Kay Locke , Assistant Public Defender, urging reversal for amicus curiae Montgomery County Public Defender.

Yeura Venters , Franklin County Public Defender, and Timothy E. Pierce , Assistant Public Defender, urging reversal for amicus curiae Franklin County Public Defender.

Children's Law Center and Leah R. Winsberg , urging reversal for amicus curiae Children's Law Center.


{¶ 1} After the Champaign County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division, transferred jurisdiction over appellant, Donovan Nicholas, to that court's general division, a jury found Nicholas guilty of aggravated murder and murder, both with firearm specifications, for the killing of his father's live-in girlfriend...

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