Ohio Supreme Court· 3/4/1996

State v. Brooks

Citations

75 Ohio St. 3d 148
661 N.E.2d 1030

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

holding that an acquittal-first instruction violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments
\[A] solitary juror may prevent a death penalty recommendation by finding that the aggravating circumstances in the case do not outweigh the mitigating factors.\
“[A] solitary juror may prevent a death penalty recommendation by finding that the aggravating circumstances in the case do not outweigh the mitigating factors.”
a witness’s pending charges or plea deal are admissible to demonstrate bias of the witness
“You are now required to determine unanimously that the death penalty is inappropriate before you can consider a life sentence.”
“[A] solitary juror may prevent a death penalty recommendation by finding that the aggravating circumstances in the case do not outweigh the mitigating factors.”

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Judges: Cook, Douglas, Grady, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Second, Sweeney, Tenth, Tyack, Wright

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Cites

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