Legal Opinion
State v. Byrd
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided August 12, 1987No. 86-512PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoyer, C.J.
Our first task in a death penalty case is to determine those specific issues raised by the defendant regarding the lower court proceedings. The defendant, John Byrd, has asserted nineteen propositions of law. Many of these have previously been addressed in prior cases and will be disposed of accordingly-
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In the first proposition of law, Byrd contends that the use of the same felonies to both elevate the murder to aggravated murder and to elevate the aggravated murder to a capital aggravated murder fails to genuinely narrow the class of murderers eligible for the death penalty. Byrd further…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by80 opinions
- State v. BradleyOhio Supreme Court · 1989
- State v. LottOhio Supreme Court · 1990
- State v. CarterOhio Supreme Court · 1995
- State v. TreeshOhio Supreme Court · 2001
- John W. Byrd, Jr. v. Terry L. Collins, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
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