State v. Bernatowicz

Defendant-appellee, James M. Bernatowicz, is a student at Bowling Green State University (hereinafter “BGSU”), located in the city of Bowling Green, Ohio. On December 3, 1987, appellee was indicted by the Wood County Grand Jury on four counts of unauthorized use of property in violation of R.C. 2913.04. Specifically, the indictment alleges that on four separate occasions appellee:

“[KJnowingly gain[ed] access to, attempted to gain access to, or cause[d] access to be gained to any computer, computer system, or computer network without the consent of, or beyond the scope of the express or…