State v. Nabozny

Appellant has presented for this court’s consideration 26 propositions of law.

I

The first four propositions of law present questions concerning the constitutionality of this state’s death penalty and related statutes. Appellant argues first that the statutory scheme, in violation of the due-process clauses of the Ohio and United States Constitutions, discriminates between those defendants who plead guilty or no contest to aggravated murder and those defendants who exercise their constitutional right to plead not guilty and proceed to trial. Specifically, appellant asserts that then Crim. R.…