"Man With AIDS Guilty of Assault for Spitting"

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"Man With AIDS Guilty of Assault for Spitting"

Washington Times (12/24/91), P. A4

Abstract: A man with AIDS was convicted yesterday for allegedly spitting blood at sheriff's officers and a jail nurse in an attempt to infect them with HIV. Steven O'Banion was initially indicted for jaywalking and disorderly conduct. Common Pleas Judge Gilbert Bettman said the officers who arrested O'Banion were probably too rough with him. Prosecutors accused O'Banion of trying to kill three Hamilton County deputies and a nurse by infecting them with HIV. O'Banion said the jail officers physically abused him, causing him to bleed, and taunted him for being a homosexual. However, the sheriff's department said an internal investigation discovered that the officers did not use excessive force. The judge dismissed attempted-murder charges for O'Banion last week, ruling that the prosecutors failed to produce any evidence that he spat on them to infect them. Yesterday, however, the judge found O'Banion guilty of three counts of simple assault. Related Story: Washington Post (12/24) P. A7

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