Opinion ID: 774819
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Guilt Phase Instructions

Text: 155
156 According to petitioner, the district court erred in giving this instruction: In the event you find the Defendant not guilty of aggravated murder, you will further continue and consider the lesser included offense of murder. No contemporaneous objection was made, nor was the issue raised on direct appeal. It was, however, included in the post-conviction petition. 157 This claim has been procedurally defaulted. 158
159 Petitioner feels that the trial court should have instructed the jury on theft as an alternative to aggravated robbery. The record reveals that no request for this instruction was made by counsel and the Ohio Supreme Court therefore reviewed for plain error and found none. Greer, 39 Ohio St. 3d at 246-47; 530 N.E.2d at 396. 160 We affirm based upon the reasoning of the Ohio Supreme Court.