State v. Hoover

After trial to the court, a jury trial having been waived, the defendant-appellant was found guilty of assault in violation of R.C. 2903.13, was sentenced to forty-five days in jail, with all but ten days suspended, and fined $1,000 and ordered to pay costs. Timely appeal was filed.

At the time of the alleged offense herein, Melvin Hoover, the defendant-appellant (hereinafter referred to as “appellant”), was the assistant superintendent in the Benton-Carroll-Salem School District, Oak Harbor, Ohio. Appellant had been employed in this school district for a period of twenty-one years as a…