Van Zandt v. State

Citations

• 24 Ohio C.C. Dec. 424

Syllabus

<p>CRIMINAL LAW — HOMICIDE.</p> <p>1. Conviction for Homicide not Set Aside if Circumstances Point Strongly Against Accused.</p> <p>A conviction for manslaughter will not be set aside where the circumstances in evidence point strongly against accused and there is no suggestion that any other person could or did commit the crime.</p> <p>2. Instructing that Conviction of One, Accused of First Degree Murder, Might be Held for Second Degree, Manslaughter or Assault and Battery, not Erroneous.</p> <p>Instructing that one accused of first degree murder might be found guilty of murder in the second degree, manslaughter or assault and battery is not erroneous.</p> <p>3. Objections to Admission of Evidence not Specific.</p> <p>In a criminal trial an objection to admission of evidence is not • sufficiently specific since it is not addressed to any particular question, and no motion is made to rule out any answer given either before or after the entering of the objection.</p>