State v. Johnson

Appellant has presented four propositions of law.

I

Appellant proposes that the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for acquittal and, in the alternative, seeks reduction of the aggravated murder charge to involuntary manslaughter upon the ground that the state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant “purposely cause[d] the death,” under R. C. 2903.-01(B), of Otto Baum.

R. 0. 2901.22(A) defines “purposely” as follows: “A person acts purposely when it is his specific intention to cause a certain result * * *.” (Emphasis added.)

Although appellant admitted at trial…