State v. Echols

Joseph D. Kerns, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, John W. Echols, was tried in Butler County Court and found guilty of a violation of R.C. 4931.49(D), which provided 1 :

“No person shall knowingly use the telephone number of the 9-1-1 system to report an emergency if he knows that no emergency exists.”

In the trial court, no fine or jail sentence was imposed, and costs were suspended, but Echols has filed a timely notice of appeal to this court, alleging two assignments of error, the first of which states:

“A conviction for knowing use of the 9-1-1 system is not supported by the evidence, is based on…