State v. Crawford
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals upholding Defendant's conviction of involuntary manslaughter, holding that Defendant's argument on appeal was without merit.
Defendant committed a felony when he fired his gun at the scene of a fatal shooting because he was under disability as a result of a prior, unrelated drug offense that prohibited him from having or using a firearm. On appeal, Defendant argued that his prior drug offense that formed the basis for his firearms disability was unrelated to the victim's death, and therefore, his involuntary manslaughter conviction was improper. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that, by its plain terms, Ohio Rev. Code 2903.04(A) simply requires that a person cause the death of another "as a proximate result" of the commission of a felony.
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