State v. Wac

This cause presents four issues: (1) whether a finding of a culpable mental state is a necessary prerequisite to a conviction for bookmaking and operating a gambling house; (2) whether appellant’s arrest was illegal and tainted the fruit of the attendant search; (3) whether the failure of law enforcement officers to “knock and announce” before entering the building was an unlawful search and seizure as to appellant; and (4) whether bookmaking is a “scheme or game of chance” as defined in R. C. 2915.01(E).

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Appellant argues that the trial court erred by denying his request for an instruction…