Legal Opinion
State v. Frazier
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided October 10, 2007No. 2005-1316PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLundberg Stratton, J.
{¶ 1} In this appeal, defendant-appellant, James Frazier, raises 24 propositions of law. We find that none of his propositions of law have merit and affirm Frazier’s convictions. We have also independently weighed the aggravating circumstances against the mitigating factors and have compared Frazier’s sen*140tence of death to those imposed in similar cases, as R.C. 2929.05(A) requires. As a result, we affirm Frazier’s sentence of death.
{¶ 2} The evidence at trial established that, on the morning of March 2, 2004, James Frazier entered 49-year-old Mary Stevenson’s apartment and murdered her by…
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