(Ohio)Supreme Court upholds felony conviction of man who smashed cell phone during assault
Supreme Court upholds felony conviction of man who smashed cell phone during assault Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:58 AM By Darrel Rowland THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Smashing a cell phone can be legally equivalent to flattening the tires of ambulance speeding to an emergency, a unanimous Ohio Supreme Court ruled this morning. Both are potential violations of an Ohio law against disrupting public service said the justices in a first-of-its-kind ruling. Raynell Robinson of Marysville was convicted of the fourth-degree felony for destroying a personal cell phone being used by his nephew, Antonio Robinson, to summon help after Raynell had assaulted...
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