State v. Campana

Mary Cacioppo, Judge.

This appeal emanates from the conviction of appellant, William J. Campana, by a jury in the Mentor Municipal Court, for resisting arrest in violation of R.C. 2921.33.

On January 21, 1995, uniformed officers Ken Zbeiegien and Ken Butsey of the Mentor Police Department drove to appellant’s home in a marked police car to serve an arrest warrant upon him. According to Zbeiegien’s testimony, he approached appellant’s home and spoke with a woman who told him that appellant was in the workshop behind the house. Butsey had already proceeded to the workshop, where he had walked in…