State v. Martin

Defendant-appellant, Sherrie Martin, appeals a conviction for endangering children pursuant to R.C. 2919.22(A). Evidence presented at a bench trial showed that on Sunday, December 28, 1997, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Officer Fred Romano of the Springdale Police Department received a call to respond to the parking lot near the Lazarus department store at Tri-County Mall. Upon arriving, he found several individuals surrounding a vehicle in the crowded parking lot, about seventy feet away from the entrance to the store. He learned that eight-year-old Zachary Martin was alone inside a car when…