State v. D'Ambrosio

Pursuant to R.C. 2929.05(A), this court is required to undertake a three-prong analysis in reviewing the instant death penalty case. We will first consider the specific issues raised by defendant with respect to the proceedings below. We will review all of defendant’s propositions of law, even *188though some may be deemed to have been waived, since they were not raised below.

In his first proposition of law, defendant-appellant, Joseph D’Ambrosio, contends that one member of the three-judge panel, Judge Michael J. Corrigan, was biased, inasmuch as he had presided over the murder trial of Keenan.…