State v. Carter

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 645
• 95 N.E.3d 443

Syllabus

DEATH PENALTY - SENTENCING - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CRIMINAL - SIXTH AMENDMENT: Ohio's death-penalty statute does not require judicial fact finding before the defendant can be sentenced to death, because the jury must find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of an aggravating factor for the death penalty to be a sentencing option and therefore, Ohio's death-penalty statute does not violate the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial. (Hurst v. Florida, ___ U.S. ___, 136 S.Ct. 616, 193 L.Ed.2d 504 (2016), distinguished.)