State v. Johnson

Gorman, Presiding Judge.

Raising two assignments of error, defendants-appellants, Roy R. Johnson and Virginia Meserth, appeal from their convictions, following a joint trial to a jury, for forgery, in violation of R.C. 2913.31, and tampering with records, in violation of R.C. 2913.42. Appellants owned and operated an insurance agency. They also solicited customers who faced driver’s license suspensions. For a fee appellants would seek to remedy the suspensions.

Following a 1995 traffic violation, John Jennings was unable to document proof of insurance and faced a license suspension. In June…