State v. Brown

Appellant appeals her aggravated murder convictions and death sentence. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the convictions and find the death penalty appropriate.

I

The first of appellant’s contentions that we address is that her constitutional and statutory rights were violated when the state prosecuted her for aggravated murder with a defective indictment. The indictment is alleged to be defective for two reasons: (1) the indictment was issued by a grand jury composed of nine people rather than the fifteen required by R.C. 2939.02; and (2) the indictment was secured without adequate…