State v. Bush

In State v. Bush (March 15, 1996), Darke App. No. 1369, 1996 Ohio App, the Court held that circumstantial evidence could be used in a theft trial to demonstrate that the value of stolen items exceeded the statutory amount necessary for a conviction. In that case, the jury was shown photographs of the stolen merchandise. From those photographs, the jury found that the price of the items in question exceeded $ 300.00. The Court held in Bush that the jury could properly infer from looking at photographs of the stolen items that their worth exceeded $ 300.00.