State ex rel. Kline v. Carroll

{¶ 1} In November 1994, appellee, Cynthia Kline, was charged with failure to comply with an order of a police officer by driving past a police roadblock, criminal trespass for refusing to leave the police station despite several requests to do so, and obstruction of official business for failing to comply -with a police officer’s request to relinquish a bottle of prescription medication. In May 1995, the Parma Municipal Court found Kline guilty of these charges and sentenced her.

{¶ 2} On appeal, the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County reversed Kline’s conviction and sentence based upon…