State v. Hustead

Grey, Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict of the Ross County Court of Common Pleas which found Kathleen Hustead guilty of violating R.C. 2903.34, patient abuse.

Hustead worked in a nursing home. During that time, another employee saw her slap Agnes Poole, a resident of the home. When slapped, Poole grimaced and moaned. Hustead was indicted, tried and found guilty of patient abuse.

FIRST ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR

“The state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the victim, Agnes Poole, suffered physical harm.”

Hustead asserts that since there was no evidence of physical injury, her…