State v. Poupard

{¶ 1} This is a consolidated appeal from the judgments of the Wood County Court of Common Pleas, following a bench trial, which convicted appellant, Toddy Ray Poupard, of two counts of tampering with records in violation of R.C. 2913.42(A)(1) and (B)(4), felonies of the third degree, and one count of failure to appear in violation of R.C. 2937.99(A) and (B), a felony of the fourth degree. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I. Facts and Procedural Background

{¶ 2} The facts taken from the bench trial are as follows. On January 30, 2014, Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Dennis Spangler…