State v. Newell

This cause came on to be heard upon the appeal, the record filed herein, the briefs, and arguments.

This appeal involves the weight and sufficiency of the evidence used to convict defendant-appellant, Charles Newell, of criminal trespass.

The defendant in this case had a sister who lived in a Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority (“CMHA”) project in Millvale. On two occasions prior to his arrest, defendant had been warned by a police officer, acting as agent for CMHA, 1 that his privilege to be on this property was restricted to being with his sister, in her house, or coming or going from…