Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided February 21, 1996No. 1995-0846PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 74 Ohio St.3d 569.] THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT, v. WILLIAMS, APPELLANT AND CROSS-APPELLEE. [Cite as State v. Williams,
1996-Ohio-91.] Criminal law—Aggravated murder—Death penalty upheld, when. 1. Neither the felony-murder statute nor Ohio case law requires the intent to commit felony to precede the murder in order to find a defendant guilty of a felony-murder specification. 2. Whether a person has a “significant history of prior criminal convictions” under R.C. 2929.04(B)(5) is a question for the jury and is…
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