State v. Protich

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2981

Syllabus

CRIMINAL — EVIDENCE — SUFFICIENCY — OBSTRUCTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS — CRIMINAL TRESPASS —RESISTING ARREST: Defendant's conviction for obstructing official business was supported by sufficient evidence as the totality of the defendant's interaction with the police in which defendant argued with officers, refused to provide identification, attempted to walk away from officers after being asked to provide identification, \slung\ his arm back when an officer grabbed his arm, and then physically resisted the officers' attempts to restrain him constituted a substantial stoppage of the officers' official duties. Defendant's conviction for criminal trespass was supported by sufficient evidence where defendant refused to leave a brewery after being told by an employee to leave three times and defendant did not leave until learning that the police had been called. Defendant's conviction for resisting arrest was supported by sufficient evidence where there was a lawful basis for his arrest as the police possessed probable cause to believe that defendant had criminally trespassed and obstructed official business.