State v. Forte

This is an appeal upon questions of law from the judgment entered upon a verdict, and sentence imposed thereupon, in the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County.

Appellant, Robert Forte, was indicted jointly with one William Ross Bradley, Jr., for violation of R. C. 2901.-38 (blackmailing). They were tried jointly and it is from the jury verdict finding both to be guilty that this appeal derives.

The evidence, concededly, is uncontradicted that on May 29, 1970, the defendants went to a residence within Hamilton County, Ohio, and held a conversation with a woman and her husband. Concealed…