Legal Opinion
State v. Findley
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided August 27, 1973No. 1468PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHess, P. J.
On January 25, 1971, the defendant, James Albert Findley, the appellant herein, was found guilty of murder in the first degree without a recommendation of mercy by a jury, and on February 1,1971, was sentenced to death by the trial court as then provided by law.
Thereafter, such sentence was modified and reduced io life imprisonment, in keeping with Furman v. Georgia, 408 U. S. 238 and State v. Leigh, 31 Ohio St. 2d 97.
A motion for a new trial was filed on January 27, 1971, and overruled on June 10, 1971. A notice of appeal and praecipe for the docket and journal entries were filed on. June…
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