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Ohio Supreme Court· 3/19/1997

State v. Taylor

Citations

  • 78 Ohio St. 3d 15
  • 676 N.E.2d 82

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  • finding that where the defendant brought a gun to the scene and had á strained relationship with the victim, two or three minutes from the time of an initial argument to the time of the killing is sufficient to establish prior calculation
  • declining to find plain error in a flight instruction where the defendant testified and the instructions included consideration of the defendant's explanations for his flight
  • finding sufficient evidence of prior calculation and design despite only two to three minutes between the instigating incident and the shooting
  • finding that where the defendant brought a gun to the scene and had a strained relationship with the victim, two or three minutes from the time of an initial argument to the time of the killing is sufficient to establish prior calculation
  • instructing reviewing courts to consider whether the accused and victim had a strained relationship
  • a single jury instruction must be viewed within the context of the entire set, not in isolation

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Judges: Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Stratton, Sweeney

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