State v. Lane

I

Celebrezze, J.

Appellant presents 17 propositions of law to support various claims of error in the trial court. Appellant argues first that it was prejudicial error for the trial court to refuse to allow defense counsel to examine veniremen regarding their views on capital punishment. The court prohibited such questioning on voir dire because it felt that “the charge will be that the jury shall not take into consideration any question of punishment,” in apparent reference to R. C. 2929.03(B). Appellant’s argument is, essentially, that by restricting voir dire examination on the question of…