State v. Bess

Mary J. Boyle, Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, the state of Ohio, appeals from the trial court’s judgment granting defendant-appellee Larry Bess’s motion to dismiss the indictment against him because the applicable statute of limitations had expired. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

{¶ 2} Bess was indicted in November 1989 on ten counts of sex offenses, including rape and gross sexual imposition. These charges arose from allegations made by Bess’s stepdaughter, L.O. (date of birth August 23, 1976), in February 1989. Sometime before he was indicted, around October 1989, Bess fled Ohio,…