Case Summaries: Stalking - Definition of "Closely Related in Time"
Miller v. Shaw
2009-Ohio-6753 (7th Dist., Carroll, 12/21/09) (affirming dismissal of a stalking civil protection order where there were two fist fights that were 20 months apart, and thus not closely enough related in time).
Keywords: "closely related in time"
Date: 3/19/2010
State v. Jones
State v. Jones, 167 Ohio App.3d 679, 2006-Ohio-3465 (12th Dist., Butler, 7/3/2006) (Menacing by stalking conviction affirmed because the most recent stalking incidents, which occurred within one month of the same year, were "closely related in time" and thus constituted a pattern of conduct.).
Keywords: 2903.211 "multiple offenses"
Date: 4/2/2007
State v. Dario
(Hamilton, 1st Dist., 1995), 106 Ohio App.3d 232: Jury is best able to decide on a case-by-case basis in the context of the circumstances whether the defendant's two or more actions or incidents are closely related in time and thus constitute a pattern of conduct under the menacing by stalking statute.
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Date: 10/7/2001
