State v. Williams

We have reviewed the appellant’s nine propositions of law, independently weighed the evidence relating to the death sentence, balanced the aggravating circumstance against the mitigating factors, and compared the sentence to those imposed in similar cases. As a result, we affirm the convictions and sentences of death.

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ALLEGED JUROR MISCONDUCT

In Proposition of Law I, the appellant argues that the conduct of the prospective jurors deprived him of his constitutional right to an impartial jury, guaranteed by both the- United States and Ohio Constitutions. Thus, the appellant argues, the trial…