Ohio Supreme Court· 12/11/2002

State v. Lott

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2002 Ohio 6625
97 Ohio St. 3d 303

Syllabus

Criminal law—Aggravated murder—Death penalty—Motion to vacate death sentence denied—Stay of execution granted on August 14, 2002, is continued—Res judicata does not bar defendant's claim of mental retardation, when—Due process requires consideration of defendant's evidence of mental retardation before execution—Defendant bears burden of establishing that he is mentally retarded by a preponderance of the evidence.

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holding that the \disputed factual issue\ of whether the defendant was mentally retarded required a remand to afford the defendant an opportunity to present additional evidence and to permit the trial court to resolve the issue

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