State v. Claytor

We are required by R.C. 2929.05(A) to review the ten propositions of law alleging errors appellant claims were committed in the courts below. We are also charged with making an independent review of the record to determine whether the aggravating circumstances the appellant was found guilty of committing outweighed the mitigating factors asserted beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Appellant’s first proposition of law attacks the validity of the death sentence because the trial judge replaced an ailing juror with one of the alternates after the guilt phase. Appellant contends that the substitution…