State v. Grimes

Defendant-appellant, Gary Grimes, appeals his conviction of telephone harassment, contrary to R.C. 2917.21(B), at a bench trial in the County Court of Clermont County. After finding appellant guilty, the trial court sentenced him to six months’ incarceration and fined him $1,000, suspending all but thirty days of the jail time and $250 of the fine.

Appellant, a plastering subcontractor, became involved in a dispute with Norman Phillips, the general contractor for a job under construction in July 1983. As a result of such dispute, appellant made various telephone calls to Phillips’ residence…