Case Name: The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Wigglesworth, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1971-10-20
Citations: 28 Ohio St. 2d 28
Docket Number: No. 68-382
Parties: The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Wigglesworth, Appellant.
Judges: O’Neill, C. J., Schneider, Herbert, Duncan, Corrigan, Stern and Leach, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Second Series
Volume: 28
Pages: 28–29

Head Matter:
The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Wigglesworth, Appellant.
[Cite as State v. Wigglesworth (1971), 28 Ohio St. 2d 28.]
(No. 68-382
Decided October 20, 1971.)
Mr. James V. Barbuto, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Stephen M. Gabalac, for appellee.
Mr. Angelo A. Fanelly and Mr. Donald E. Cope, for appellant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Under the view taken by the United States Supreme Court of the jury voir dire, as reflected in the three cases cited, supra, which we are obliged to follow, one or more of the members of the veniremen discharged in the instant case did not unambiguously state that he would automatically vote against the imposition of the death penalty in a proper case, or in other words, no matter what the trial might reveal.
Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Appeals affirming the sentence of death is reversed and the judg ment'of the Court of Appeals affirming the conviction of defendant on the charge of murder in the first degree is affirmed. The cause is remanded to the Court of Common Pleas, with instructions to vacate the journal entry sentencing this defendant to death, and then to sentence defendant to imprisonment in the Ohio State Penitentiary for life as provided for in R. C. 2901.01.
Judgment accordingly.
O'Neill, C. J., Schneider, Herbert, Duncan, Corrigan, Stern and Leach, JJ., concur.