State v. Gilbert

Citations

• 154 N.E.3d 288
• 2020 Ohio 1641

Syllabus

The State appeals from the trial court's Crim.R. 29 judgment of acquittal at the end of defendant-appellee's trial for criminal trespass. The trial court erred when it found that a public transit bus is not a \premises\ for the purposes of criminal trespass under R.C. 2911.21(A)(4). The bus where the defendant was located was a \place\ as found in the definition of \premises\ under R.C. 2911.21(F)(2). Therefore, a motor vehicle is a \premises\ under the criminal trespass statute. The State's assignment of error is sustained, without affecting the trial court's judgment of acquittal in this case.