State v. Alexander

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 5507

Syllabus

Appellant's conviction for obstructing official business was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence where the state introduced evidence that appellant purposefully obstructed a corrections officer's escort of his person and made the officer's duties more difficult by being combative, yelling across the prison yard, refusing directives to be quiet and to calm down, running into the officer's shoulder, flailing his legs at the officer, and trying to head-butt the officer. Moreover, appellant's conviction for obstructing official business, a felony of the fifth degree, was not inconsistent with the trial court's not guilty verdict on an assault charge.