Ohio Supreme Court· 1/24/1996

State v. Wilson

Citations

74 Ohio St. 3d 381
659 N.E.2d 292

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stating “Morgan does not require judges to allow individual voir dire on separate mitigating factors” because “jurors cannot be asked to weigh specific factors until they have heard all the evidence and been fully instructed on the applicable law”
“Prosecutors can urge the merits of their cause and legitimately argue that defense mitigation evidence is worthy of little or no weight”
trial court properly limited the defense’s voir dire on what jurors would consider as mitigation
trial court properly limited the defense's voir dire on what jurors would consider as mitigation
“This instruction is unconstitutional under Winship because it required Wilson to disprove ‘knowledge,’ which is an element of the offense of kidnapping.”
Morgan does not require individual voir dire on separate mitigating factors

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Judges: Cook, Douglas, Farmer, Fifth, Moyer, Only, Pfeifer, Resnick, Sweeney, Wright

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