State v. Crump

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 2574

Syllabus

R.C. 2921.31 — R.C. 2921.29(A)(1) — OBSTRUCTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS — FAILING TO PROVIDE PERSONAL INFORMATION — EVIDENCE: Defendant's conviction under R.C. 2921.31 for obstructing official business was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence defendant's hindrance of a police investigation into the welfare of his daughter, who appeared injured and complained of pain, was not privileged conduct. Defendant's conviction under R.C. 2921.29(A)(1) for failing to provide personal information was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence, which showed a recalcitrant father, in the process of disciplining a child with a visible injury, who failed to provide his street address to an officer seeking that information during a well-founded investigation into whether the father had inflicted the child's injury.