Columbus v. Kim

Rebecca Kim (defendant) was cited after her dog barked loudly and continuously in her backyard for over an hour, audible over a neighbor's lawn mower and from inside his closed, air-conditioned home; a veterinarian corroborated the duration during a house call. The trial court convicted Kim of harboring an unreasonably loud or disturbing animal, and though the court of appeals affirmed, it certified a conflict with a prior appellate decision, prompting Ohio Supreme Court review of Kim's vagueness challenge.