State v. Lewis

Francis E. Sweeney, Sr., J.

Appellant has raised ten propositions of law. Each has been thoroughly reviewed and, for the reasons stated below, we find all to be without merit, and uphold appellant’s conviction and death sentence.

I

Appellant alleges in. his first proposition of law that the trial court’s jury instruction on specific intent was not adequate.

However, appellant failed to object to this instruction. Appellant’s failure to object waives this issue on appeal absent plain error. State v. Thompson (1987), 33 Ohio St.3d 1, 13, 514 N.E.2d 407, 419.

A jury instruction must be viewed in the…