State v. Flucas

*836 {¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Kendall Flucas, appeals his conviction in the Warren County Court of Common Pleas for harassment with bodily substance. For the reasons described below, this court affirms Flucas' conviction.

{¶ 2} The state alleged that Flucas, an inmate at Warren Correctional Institution, spat upon corrections officer (CO) Eric Ruff, who was escorting Flucas. A Warren County grand jury indicted Flucas with one count of harassment with bodily substance, a violation of R.C. 2921.38(A), and a felony of the fifth degree. CO Ruff was unavailable at the jury trial because he died in a…