State v. Landers

Peter B. Abele, Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a Meigs County Court judgment that dismissed a criminal complaint against Charles A. Landers, defendant below. The state of Ohio, plaintiff below and appellant herein, assigns the following error for review:

The trial court improperly dismissed the charge of domestic violence on the motion of counsel for appellee at a pre-trial conference.

{¶ 2} On June 28, 2009, Jordann Thomas filed a criminal complaint alleging that Landers had committed domestic violence. Landers pleaded not guilty to the charge.

{¶ 3} The matter came on for pretrial hearing…