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537.10 GENERAL OFFENSES CODE 98 (4) Institute or threaten criminal proceedings against any person; (5) Take or withhold, or threaten. to take or withhold official action, or cause or threaten to cause official action to be taken or withheld. (b) Subsections (a)(4) and (5) hereof shall not be construed to prohibit a prosecutor or court from doing any of the following in good faith and in the interest of justice: (1) Offering or agreeing to grant, or granting immunity from prosecution pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2945.44; (2) In return for a plea of guilty to one or more offenses charged or to one or more other or lesser offenses, or in return for the testimony of the accused in a case to which the accused is not a patty, offering or agreeing to dismiss, or dismissing one or more charges pending against an accused, or offering or agreeing to impose, or imposing a certain sentence or modification of sentence; (3) Imposing community control sanction on certain conditions, including without limitation requiring the offender to make restitution or redress to the victim of the offense. (c) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under subsection (a)(3), (4) or (5) hereof that the actor's conduct was a reasonable response to the circumstances that occasioned it, and that the actor's purpose was limited to any of the following: . (1) Compelling another to refrain from misconduct or to desist from further misconduct; (2) Preventing or redressing a wrong or injustice; (3) Preventing another from taking action for which the actor reasonably believed the other person to be disqualified; (4) Compelling another to take action that the actor reasonably believed the other person to be under a duty to take. degree. (d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of coercion, a misdemeanor of the second (e) As used in this section: (1) "Threat" includes a direct threat and a threat by innuendo. (2) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2929.01.. (ORC 2905.12) 537.10 TELECOMMUNICATION HARASSMENT. (a) No person shall knowingly make or cause to be made a telecommunication, or knowingly permit telecommunication to be made from a telecommunications device under the person's control, to another, if the caller does any of the following: (1) Fails to identify the caller to the recipient of the telecommunication and makes the telecommunication with purpose to harass, or abuse, any person at the premises to which the telecommunication is made, whether or not actual communication takes place between the caller and a recipient; (2) Describes, suggests, requests, or proposes that the caller, the recipient of the telecommunication, or any other person engage in sexual activity, and the recipient or another person at the premises to which the telecommunication ismade has requested, in a previous telecommunication or in the immediate telecommunication, that the caller not make a telecommunication to the recipient or to the premises to which the telecommunication is made; . (3) During the telecommunication, violates Ohio R.C. 2903.21; 2003 Replacement