State v. Hill

This cause came on to be heard upon the appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County.

The question raised by the assignment of error is whether the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offenses of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide. Defendant, Raymond D. Hill, was indicted for, and found guilty of, murder in violation of R.C. 2903.02. We hold the court did not err.

Defendant shot his mother with a Remington 30.06 bolt-action rifle (model 700), a high-powered weapon he used for hunting deer. The prosecution’s evidence disclosed that…