What does "criminally" mean?

December 10, 2010

The Ohio Supreme Court defined what "criminally" means in State v. Chappell, 2010-Ohio-5991. The question was "whether the state may use violations of federal criminal law to prove that a person possesses items to use the items criminally in violation of R.C. 2923.24." The Supreme Court of Ohio held that "in accordance with the plain and ordinary meaning of the term 'criminally,' as the term is used in R.C. 2923.24(A), the purpose to use an item criminally can arise from an intended violation of federal law."


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