Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided July 20, 1977No. 76-1250PublishedCited by 508 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’Neill, O. J.
Appellant presents four propositions of law.
I
In his first proposition of law, appellant contends that the trial court denied him a fair trial in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Section 16, Article I of the Ohio Constitution. Appellant supports this contention with three arguments.
First, citing State v. Robinson (1976), 47 Ohio St. 2d 103, 351 N. E. 2d 88, and Mullaney v. Wilbur (1975), 421 U. S. 684, appellant complains that the trial judge improperly charged that the burden of proving the affirmative defense…
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