Legal Opinion
State v. Swiger
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided February 16, 1966No. Nos. 39072, 39088 and 39490PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMatthias, J.
The defendants herein have made three joint contentions. They shall be considered in the following order:(1) The trauma of May 5, 1963, was not the direct and proximate cause of the victim’s death.(2) The state of Ohio did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendants had a purpose or intent to kill deceased.
*155(3) The defendants were denied their constitutional rights, specifically, the right to counsel and the right to confront the witnesses against them.
In addition the defendants have made separate contentions, considered in the following order:(4) Defendant Miller argues that the…
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