State v. Craig

{¶ 1} In this appeal, appellant, Donald Craig, raises 13 propositions of law. For the reasons that follow, we reject all of them except proposition of law X. We have also independently weighed each aggravating circumstance against the mitigating factors and compared the sentence of death to those imposed in similar cases. We affirm the convictions and the sentence of death on the aggravated murder charge.

{¶2} On February 28, 1996, at around 6:00 p.m., 12-year-old Roseanna Davenport was walking to her home in Akron, Ohio. Along the way, appellant Donald Craig abducted her, then raped and…