Ohio Code § 2929.023
Ohio Code § 2929.023. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2929.023.
A person charged with aggravated murder and one or more specifications of an aggravating
circumstance may, at trial, raise the matter of his age at the time of the alleged
commission of the offense and may present evidence at trial that he was not eighteen
years of age or older at the time of the alleged commission of the offense. The burdens of raising the matter of age, and of going forward with the evidence
relating to the matter of age, are upon the defendant. After a defendant has raised the matter of age at trial, the prosecution shall have
the burden of proving, by proof beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant was
eighteen years of age or older at the time of the alleged commission of the offense.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2929.023
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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