State v. Crown

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Knox County, Ohio, that convicted and sentenced defendant-appellant, James R. Crown (appellant), for violation of R.C. 2913.02(A) (3), grand theft by deception, and for violation of 2 counts of R.C. 2913.31(A) (3), forgery, after a jury found him guilty of each.

In early 1984, appellant was an employee Cooper Energy Services (CES), a corporation with its home office in Houston, Texas, and with a plant in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. CES manufactured, sold, and serviced equipment for the production and transmission of oil…