{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas which denied postconviction relief in a death-penalty case. Because we conclude that the trial court should have granted appellant a hearing on whether improper contact by an alternate juror and court employees with the jury during sentencing deliberations resulted in prejudice to appellant, we reverse that...
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