State v. Scudder

Appellant presents a number of issues for our consideration. (See Appendix, infra.) We have carefully considered appellant’s propositions of law and have reviewed the death sentence for appropriateness and proportionality. Upon review, and for the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals and uphold the sentence of death.

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R.C. 2929.05 requires this court to review capital cases in a certain manner. However, the statute does not require that we address and discuss, in opinion form, every proposition of law raised by the parties. State v. Poindexter (1988), 36 Ohio…