Legal Opinion
State v. Cress
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided December 27, 2006No. Nos. 2005-1965 and 2005-2114PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoyer, C.J.
{¶ 1} The Third District Court of Appeals has certified the following question in connection with the conviction of appellee, Shawn Cress, of a felony charge of witness intimidation of Tara Thacker: “Does a criminal charge of intimidation in violation of R.C. 2921.04(B) require the state to prove that the defendant has made a threat to engage in unlawful conduct?” The answer to this question is “no.”
{¶ 2} The record establishes that Cress and Thacker became romantically involved in December 2002. Their relationship was unstable: Thacker conceded that they were often “on again, off again.” She…
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