City of Newark v. Vazirani

Appellant Vazirani’s third proposition of law presents us with the narrow but recurring question of whether a municipality may obtain two convictions for crimes arising out of the same act and circumstances. Specifically, appellant asks us whether selling beer to a person under age nine*83teen, as defined under Newark Codified Ordinances Section 612.02, and acting in a way tending to cause unruliness or delinquency in a child, under Newark Codified Ordinances Section 636.125(2), are “allied offenses of similar import” as defined by R.C. 2941.25(A). Given the facts of this case we find that they…