State v. Aiken

Elizabeth Mattingly, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant Joseph M. Aiken is charged with violating R.C. 4301.69(A), which states:

{¶ 2} “[N]o person shall * * * buy beer or intoxicating liquor for, or furnish it to, an underage person * *

{¶ 3} The essential facts are not in dispute. On the evening of April 13, 2002, two females, Jessica Marlowe, age seventeen, and Kim Corbin, age nineteen,1 were at the apartment of Corbin’s boyfriend, Steven Bryant, in Colerain Township, Ohio. Defendant Aiken came to the apartment and Bryant asked defendant to purchase alcohol for the two females. Marlowe gave defendant…