State v. Maurer

Today we are confronted with questions concerning appellant’s conviction and subsequent death sentence. As we did in State v. Jenkins (1984), 15 Ohio St. 3d 164, we affirm appellant’s convictions and reject appellant’s challenges to this state’s death penalty statutes. Additionally, we uphold the recommendation of the jury and the decision of the courts below that appellant be executed for this hideous crime.

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As in State v. Jenkins, supra, appellant contends that the Ohio death penalty statutes violate his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and…