State v. Thompson

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 3165

Syllabus

AGGRAVATED MENACING — OBSTRUCTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS — EVIDENCE — SUFFICIENCY — MANIFEST WEIGHT—SENTENCING — CONTRARY TO LAW: Defendant's conviction for aggravated menacing was supported by sufficient evidence and not against the weight of the evidence where defendant shouted at officers that he had a gun and to shoot him, which the trial court reasonably found to be an implied threat that he would use the gun against the officers in an apparent attempt to induce officers to shoot him. Defendant's conviction for obstructing official business was supported by sufficient evidence and not against the weight of the evidence where officers knew that defendant had an outstanding warrant and ordered defendant to stop and show his hands and defendant then ignored the officers' orders and entered a building. The trial court erred in sentencing defendant to 180 days, with 18 days of credit, and the remaining 162 days suspended on the obstructing-official-business conviction when the maximum authorized sentence was 90 days.