State v. Cook

This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County.

This is an appeal by the state of Ohio, under R.C. 2945.67, from an entry of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County granting a motion by defendant-appellee, Gerald Cook, to amend an indictment.

On November 8, 1985, the Butler County Grand Jury issued an indictment charging appellee with one count of involuntary manslaughter in violation of R.C. 2903.04(B). 1 Specifically, the indictment charged appellee with causing the death of another:

“As a proximate result of the said Gerald Cook’s committing a…