State v. Beuke

The defendant-appellant asserts various errors by the trial and appellate courts in twenty propositions of law. Many of these legal issues have been decided in prior cases and will be disposed of accordingly. State v. Poindexter (1988), 36 Ohio St. 3d 1, 520 N.E. 2d 568, syllabus.

Beuke’s first fourteen propositions of law allege errors occurring at the penalty phase of his trial. Propositions of law fifteen through twenty allege errors occurring at the guilt phase of the proceedings. For the reasons set forth below, we overrule the propositions of law and affirm the convictions and sentence…