Case Number: 21CR0096

Judge: Rocky A. Coss

Court: Court of Common Pleas, Highland County, Ohio

Plaintiff's Attorney: Highland County Prosecutor's Office

Defendant's Attorney: Nicholas Dominic Graman, 12 East Warren Street, Lebanon, Ohio 45036

Description: Leesburg, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with gross sexual imposition in of 2907.05(A)(4).

Jeremy M. Estes, age 39, was charged with gross sexual imposition, a third-degree felony for allegedly having sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl.

The girl, her father, and an expert were called to testify by the State.

Defendant testified on his own behalf and called his wife and two friends to the stand to testify.

During closing arguments, Defendant's lawyer described it as a “he said, she said” type of case, with a “lack of evidence” — including “no DNA evidence” and “no eyewitness” accounts — and “holes in the testimony.”

Outcome: Defendant was found not guilty.

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