Date: 11-09-2013

Case Style: State of Ohio v. Andrey Bridges

Case Number: CR-13-574201-A

Judge: Hollie L. Gallagher

Court: Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Plaintiff's Attorney: Brian Radigan

Defendant's Attorney:

Description: The State of Ohio charged Andrey Bridges with first-degree murder in conjunction with the stabbing death of Cemia "Ce-Ce" Dove, age 20, a transgender woman. Dove's body was found in a pond near Defendant's apartment some months after being driven to the apartment a cab.

Defendant was charged with aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, kidnapping, tampering with evidence and offenses against a human corpse.

The State asserted that Bridges killed Dove when he found out that he was physically a male rather than a female.

Ohio Revised Criminal Code provides:

Chapter 2903: HOMICIDE AND ASSAULT 2903.01 Aggravated murder.

(A) No person shall purposely, and with prior calculation and design, cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy.

(B) No person shall purposely cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy while committing or attempting to commit, or while fleeing immediately after committing or attempting to commit, kidnapping, rape, aggravated arson, arson, aggravated robbery, robbery, aggravated burglary, burglary, trespass in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present, terrorism, or escape.

(C) No person shall purposely cause the death of another who is under thirteen years of age at the time of the commission of the offense.

(D) No person who is under detention as a result of having been found guilty of or having pleaded guilty to a felony or who breaks that detention shall purposely cause the death of another.

(E) No person shall purposely cause the death of a law enforcement officer whom the offender knows or has reasonable cause to know is a law enforcement officer when either of the following applies:

(1) The victim, at the time of the commission of the offense, is engaged in the victim's duties.

(2) It is the offender's specific purpose to kill a law enforcement officer.

(F) Whoever violates this section is guilty of aggravated murder, and shall be punished as provided in section 2929.02 of the Revised Code.

(G) As used in this section:

(1) "Detention" has the same meaning as in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code.

(2) "Law enforcement officer" has the same meaning as in section 2911.01 of the Revised Code.

Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.29,HB 86, §1, eff. 9/30/2011.

Effective Date: 05-15-2002

Outcome: Defendant was found guilty of aggravated murder and will be sentenced up to life in prison when sentenced.

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