Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2921.35

Aiding escape or resistance to lawful authority

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Pelfrey, Unpublished Decision (4-8-2005) (2005)

Most recently applied in State v. Pelfrey, Unpublished Decision (4-8-2005) (April 2005)

Effective: July 1, 1996; Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly

(A) No person, with purpose to promote or facilitate an escape or resistance to lawful authority, shall convey into a detention facility, or provide anyone confined therein with any instrument or thing which may be used for such purposes.

(B) No person who is confined in a detention facility, and with purpose to promote or facilitate an escape or resistance to lawful authority, shall make, procure, conceal, unlawfully possess, or give to another inmate, any instrument or thing which may be used for such purposes.

(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of aiding escape or resistance to lawful authority, a felony of the fourth degree.

Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.