Legal Opinion
State v. Ketterer
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided October 25, 2006No. 2004-0485PublishedCited by 257 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoyer, C.J.
{¶ 1} In the late afternoon on February 24, 2003, defendant-appellant, 53-year-old Donald Ketterer, beat and stabbed 85-year-old Lawrence Sanders to death in Hamilton, Ohio. Ketterer then stole money and other property and drove Sanders’s car away. Ketterer pleaded guilty to burglary, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, grand theft of a motor vehicle, and aggravated murder and was sentenced to death.
{¶ 2} According to his confession, Ketterer went to Sanders’s home on Shuler Avenue in Hamilton, Ohio on February 24, 2003, to borrow $200 so he could pay a court fine. Ketterer claimed that…
2Cases cited128 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- State v. JenksOhio Supreme Court · 1991
123 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by257 opinions
- State v. HunterOhio Supreme Court · 2011
- State v. McKelton (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2016
- Mays v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
- State v. KettererOhio Supreme Court · 2010
- State v. KettererOhio Supreme Court · 2010
252 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.