State v. Raines

Marianna Brown Bettman, Judge.

Defendant-appellant George Raines appeals from his conviction and sentence for burglary pursuant to R.C. 2911.12(A)(2). His sole assignment of error, that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction under this provision of the burglary statute, is sustained.

In this case, a police officer on routine bicycle patrol saw Raines leaning into the driver’s-side window of a running parked car in a high-crime neighborhood. He then saw Raines reach down and place something in his shoe. The officer testified that when he was about ten feet from Raines, he told…