Opinion

State v. Bayless

48 Ohio St. 2d 73
2 Ohio Op. 3d 249
357 N.E.2d 1035
1976 Ohio LEXIS 716

Court: Ohio Supreme Court
Filed: Nov 24, 1976
Status: Published
Author: Herbert
On the bench: Brown, Celebrezze, Corrigan, Herbert, Neill, Stern
Cited by: 330 cases

Vacated in part, on other grounds by Jordan v. Arizona, 438 U.S. 911 (1978)

holding that the sentence of death by electrocution, for the crime of aggravated murder, does not violate the prohibition of the United States Constitution against cruel and unusual punishment.

How later courts described this case

holding that the sentence of death by electrocution, for the crime of aggravated murder, does not violate the prohibition of the United States Constitution against cruel and unusual punishment.

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

•Herbert, J.,

concurring. I concur in the opinion, except Tor that portion which purports to judicially interpret the meaning and application of R. C. 2929.04(B)(3).

O’Neill, C. J., and P. Brown, J., concur in the foregoing concurring opinion.

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