State v. Griffin

On Friday, September 16, I960, the defendant, Robert Griffin, shot and killed Mattie Lee Benjamin and Mary Lee Williams. He was indicted by the grand jury on two counts of murder in the first degree. On the first count, under Section 2901.01, Revised Code, it was charged that the defendant unlawfully, purposely and with deliberate and premeditated malice, killed Mattie Lee Benjamin. The second count, under the same section, charged that the defendant unlawfully, purposely and with deliberate and premeditated malice, killed Mary Lee Williams. Upon arraignment, the defendant pleaded not guilty…