State v. Greeno

Citations

• 170 N.E.3d 1224
• 2021 Ohio 1372

Syllabus

CRIMINAL-R.C. 2921.12(A)(1)-TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE-INFERENCE STACKING - The elements of the crime of tampering with evidence were satisfied where 1) the defendant knew he was going into jail 2) he was warned about bringing contraband into the jail 3) he knew he would be searched prior to being booked into the jail and 4) he took action to destroy evidence of a crime by putting an item into his mouth after he was commanded to hand it over, and then swallowed the item after he was commanded to spit it out the jury did not have to engage in impermissible inference stacking in order to reach a guilty verdict.