City of Beachwood v. Cohen

Zachariah Cohen, defendant-appellant, appeals his conviction for criminal trespass. Cohen was fined three hundred dollars plus costs and sentenced to ten days in jail plus one year of probation. One hundred fifty dollars of the fíne and the ten-day sentence were suspended on the condition that there be no further similar convictions during the probation period and that defendant comply fully with the terms of probation.

In a bench trial, the following evidence was disclosed. Officer Dennis Nicklas, employed by the city of Beach-wood Police Department, testified that on April 4,1984, he was…