Case Name: The State of Ohio v. John Karayians
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 811
Docket Number: 17847
Parties: The State of Ohio v. John Karayians.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Robinson, Jones, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 811–811

Head Matter:
17847
The State of Ohio v. John Karayians.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Trumbull county.
129. CRIMINAL LAW AND PRACTICE.
Murder — Trial judge may read to jury 12400 GC.. defining first degree, when instructions limits meaning — Where jury is told it may recommend mercy, but no charge made as to effect of, not prejudicial error.

Opinion:
MATTHIAS, J.
1. Upon the trial of one accused of killing another purposely and of deliberate and premeditated malice, no prejudicial error was committed by the trial court
1. Upon the trial of one accused of killing another purposely and of deliberate and premeditated malice, no prejudicial error was committed by the trial court by reading to the jury in the course of the general charge, all of Section 12400, General Code, defining murder in the first degree, where it appears that the' consideration of the jury was expressly limited by the instructions of the court to the particular charge made by the indictment.
2. Where, upon such trial, the court instructs the jury that if they find the defendants guilty of murder in the first degree, as charged in the indictment, they may recommend mercy, but does not instruct the jury as to the effect of such recommendation, such omission is not prejudicial error, warranting the reversal of the verdict of guilty and the judgment of the trial court based thereon.
Judgment reversed.
Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Robinson, Jones, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.