State v. Dowell
Citations
- 2025 Ohio 2425
Syllabus
MOTION TO DISMISS – RESISTING ARREST – OBSTRUCTION OF OFFICIAL BUSINESS: Where defendant resisted police officers' attempts to take her into custody pursuant to R.C. 5122.10, Ohio's civil commitment statute, the trial court erred in dismissing defendant's charges for resisting arrest and obstructing official business even though R.C. 5122.10 does not contain a criminal penalty for refusing to submit to custody, because obstructing official business does not require an illegal act to have occurred and the complaints, on their faces, fulfilled each legal element of the crimes charged.
Judges: Nestor
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