State v. Hooks

Kennedy, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Loretta C. Hooks, appeals the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas convicting appellant of seven counts of tampering with records. In particular, appellant challenges the trial court’s order requiring appellant to pay restitution in the amount of $28,000 to the Ohio State Board of Cosmetology. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

On January 7, 1998, appellant was indicted on twelve counts (counts one through twelve) of tampering with records in violation of R.C. 2918.42 and one count (count thirteen) of bribery in violation of R.C.…