Ohio Drunk Driving Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Ohio or Court of Appeals of Ohio where the terms dui, dwi, drunk driving, or driving under the influence has been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily criminal cases and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions drunk driving related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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City of Wilmington v. Conner - 7/30/2001
Appellant, the City of Wilmington, appeals a decision of the trial court to grant defendant-appellee's motion to suppress evidence. We reverse the decision of the trial court.
On June 17, 2000, Patrolman Houghton of the...
State v. Thompson - 7/27/2001
JUDGMENT: Reversed and remanded.
This matter is before the court on appeal from the Trumbull County Court, Central District, which denied defendant-appellant, Patrick J. Thompson's ("appellant"), motion to suppress the results...
City of Cincinnati v. Guethlein - 7/25/2001
JUDGMENT ENTRY.
This appeal, considered on the accelerated calendar under App.R. 11.1(E) and Loc.R. 12, is not controlling authority except as provided in S.Ct.R.Rep.Op. 2(G)(1).
Pursuant to Crim.R. 12(J),...
State v. Nickelson - 7/20/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This case is before us on appeal from the Norwalk Municipal Court, which denied in part a motion to suppress filed by appellant Sean D. Nickelson. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part,...
State v. Robeson - 7/20/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
On May 2, 1999 at approximately 1:00 a.m., appellee, Richard D. Robeson, was involved in a motorcycle accident on state route 261 in Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio. As a result of the accident,...
State v. Mosley - 7/18/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
Teddy Mosley appeals his conviction and sentence in the Scioto County Court of Common Pleas for three counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of aggravated vehicular assault. He assigns the...
State v. Gray - 7/13/2001
JUDGMENT: Reversed and remanded.
This is an accelerated calendar case presented to this court on the briefs of the parties. Appellant, the State of Ohio, appeals from a final judgment of the Portage County Municipal Court,...
State v. Emerick - 7/13/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Defendant-appellant, Alvin L. Emerick ("appellant"), appeals from the denial of his motion to suppress. Appellant subsequently entered a plea of no contest to charges of operating a motor vehicle under the...
State v. Reed - 7/13/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an appeal from the Girard Municipal Court. Appellant, Samuel L. Reed, appeals the trial court's judgment entry denying his appeal of his administrative license suspension.
The record reveals...
State v. Kelley - 7/13/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Sandusky Municipal Court which found defendant-appellant, Mark J. Kelley, guilty of driving with a prohibited concentration of breath alcohol in violation of...
State v. Givner - 7/5/2001
JUDGMENT: SENTENCE VACATED, REMANDED FOR RE-SENTENCING.
Defendant-appellant Kim Givner (d.o.b. May 16, 1974; Givner ) appeals from the imposition of consecutive four-year terms of imprisonment following his plea of no contest...
State v. Tibbetts - 7/5/2001
As amended November 28, 2001.
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. TIBBETTS, APPELLANT.
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, No. B9708596.
Michael K. Allen, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and...
State v. Gammalo - 7/5/2001
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.
Defendant appellant, Phillip Gammalo, appeals from the verdict of a three judge panel in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas wherein he was found guilty of aggravated murder and attempted rape. The...
State v. Hill - 7/5/2001
Criminal law - Use of anonymous juries - Appellate review - When court of appeals engages in a plain-error analysis, it must conduct a complete review of all assignments of error in order to determine whether a manifest miscarriage of...
City of Pepper Pike v. Parker - 7/5/2001
JUDGMENT REVERSED AND REMANDED.
The court granted defendant James Parker's motion to suppress evidence of drunk driving, driving while under suspension and failure to control on grounds that the arresting officer lacked...
State v. Harrop - 7/2/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant Jon Michael Harrop appeals the decision of the Court of Common Pleas, Muskingum County, which denied his motion to suppress evidence stemming from his arrest for operating a motor vehicle under the...
State v. Thorn - 7/2/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Gwin, J. Appellant Tiffany N. Thorn appeals a judgment of the Canton Municipal Court convicting her of driving with a prohibited blood alcohol content (R.C. 4511.19 (A)(3)), and a marked lanes violation (R.C....
State v. Borowiak - 6/29/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an appeal from the Portage County Municipal Court, Ravenna Division. Appellant, Richard G. Borowiak, appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress and his subsequent conviction. ...
State v. Douthard - 6/29/2001
DECISION.
Judgments Appealed From Are: Reversed and Appellant Discharged
Defendant-appellant Talib Douthard was indicted in the case numbered B-9807686 for carrying a concealed weapon. He pleaded no contest on February 11,...
State v. Baldwin - 6/29/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Appellant, Daniel J. Baldwin ("Baldwin"), appeals from the judgment of the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas entered on September 13, 1999, in which the maximum sentence was imposed on each of two...
State v. Jackson - 6/25/2001
Defendant-appellant, Wade Jackson, appeals the decisions of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas adjudicating him a sexual predator and sentencing him to the maximum allowable prison term for gross sexual imposition and attempted...
State v. Rader - 6/25/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part; Reversed in part and Remanded
Plaintiff State of Ohio appeals the judgment of the Municipal Court of Fairfield County, Ohio, which dismissed the charge of driving under the influence of alcohol the...
State v. Osborn - 6/22/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
In this matter, the state appeals an order of the Norwalk Municipal Court, suppressing the results of a breath test in an OMVI case. Because we conclude that the trial court did not err in determining...
State v. Bretz - 6/22/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Appellant, Robert W. Bretz, appeals from the May 23, 2000 judgment entry of the Ravenna Municipal Court, wherein he was found guilty of violations of former R.C. 4511.19(A)(1), driving under the influence of...
State v. Miller - 6/20/2001
JUDGMENT ENTRY.
This appeal, considered on the accelerated calendar under App.R. 11.1(E) and Loc.R. 12, is not controlling authority except as provided in S.Ct.R.Rep.Op. 2(G)(1).
On August 11, 1999, defendant-appellant...
Office Disciplinary Counsel v. Cushion - 6/20/2001
92 Ohio St.3d ___
Attorneys at law - Misconduct - Indefinite suspension with allowance for petition for reinstatement one year after release from prison on conditions - Conviction of felonious assault, carrying a concealed...
State v. Carter - 6/18/2001
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal Appeal from Municipal Court.
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed.
Defendant Jerry Carter appeals the December 20, 2000 judgment of the Sidney Municipal Court finding him guilty of two counts of...
State v. Monks - 6/15/2001
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Final Judgment Entered
Plaintiff-appellant Lance J. Monks appeals his convictions and sentences entered by the Fairfield County Municipal Court for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of...
State v. Bass - 6/15/2001
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal Appeal from Common Pleas Court.
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed.
The defendant-appellant, Cheryl Bass ("appellant") appeals from the judgment of the Hardin County Court of Common Pleas...
State v. Turner - 6/13/2001
DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
This cause was heard upon the record in the trial court. Each error assigned has been reviewed and the following disposition is made:
Appellant-defendant Tony Turner has appealed the judgment of...
State v. Layton - 6/13/2001
DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
This cause was heard upon the record in the trial court. Each error assigned has been reviewed and the following disposition is made:
Scott Layton appeals from the decision of the Medina Municipal...
City of Toledo v. Dusseau - 6/8/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Toledo Municipal Court, wherein appellant, Jeffrey Ronald Dusseau, was convicted of driving with a prohibited breath alcohol level in violation of R.C....
In re Powell - 6/8/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Defendant-appellant, Joni L. Strailey ("Strailey"), appeals from the judgment of the Lake County Juvenile Court, terminating a shared parenting plan, naming plaintiff-appellee, Jeffrey B. Powell ("Powell"),...
State v. Brickman - 6/8/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
On Tuesday, January 4, 2000 at 8:47 p.m., appellee, Mark G. Brickman, was pulled over for speeding while driving on state route 82 in Aurora, Ohio. As a result of the stop, he was charged with speeding, in...
State v. Cooper - 6/7/2001
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED IN PART, VACATED IN PART AND REMANDED
Shawn Cooper appeals from a judgment of the common pleas court, entered pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of the lesser but included offense of vehicular...
State v. Kalb - 6/7/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On April 4, 2000, Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Carrie Riebesell stopped appellant, Michael C. Kalb, for having a loud exhaust on his motor vehicle. Following an investigation, appellant was charged with...
State v. Heavener - 6/4/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.
On August 18, 2000, Trooper Michael Maddock of the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to an automobile accident in Perry Township, Ohio. Appellant, Kent Heavener, was...
State v. Kennard - 6/1/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
The state of Ohio appeals, pursuant to Crim.R. 12(J), from an order of the Norwalk Municipal Court granting appellant's motion to suppress evidence supporting charges of driving under the influence of...
State v. Garrett - 6/1/2001
Rendered on the 1st day of June, 2001.
Defendant, Timothy D. Garrett, appeals from his conviction and sentence for DUI.
Garrett was arrested on July 22, 2000. He was charged with DUI, R.C. 4511.19(A)(1) and (A)(6), and a...
State v. Moore - 5/31/2001
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
Defendant-appellant James Moore ( Moore ; d.o.b. October 23, 1943) appeals from his conviction of one count of murder, in violation of R.C. 2903.02(B), with a firearm specification pursuant to R.C. 2941.145....
State v. Kovacek - 5/30/2001
DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
This cause was heard upon the record in the trial court. Each error assigned has been reviewed and the following disposition is made:
Appellant, David Kovacek, appeals his conviction in the Lorain...
State v. Vest - 5/29/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY RELEASED: 5-29-01
ABELE, P.J.
This is an appeal from a Chillicothe Municipal Court judgment of conviction and sentence. The trial court found Delbert O. Vest, defendant below and appellee herein,...
State v. Haslon - 5/25/2001
DECISION.
Criminal Appeal From: Hamilton County Municipal Court
Judgment Appealed From Is: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant, Antwan Haslon, appeals the judgment of the Hamilton County Municipal Court convicting him,...
City of Lakewood v. Tate - 5/24/2001
JUDGMENT Affirmed.
This is an appeal from an order of Lakewood Municipal Court Judge Patrick J. Carroll convicting and sentencing appellant Cornelius Tate who pleaded no contest to the charge of driving while intoxicated. Tate...
State v. Quesenberry - 5/24/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant, Charles K. Quesenberry, appeals his conviction following a bench trial in the Belmont County Court, Northern Division, for driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of R.C....
State v. Miller - 5/23/2001
DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
This cause was heard upon the record in the trial court. Each error assigned has been reviewed and the following disposition is made:
Appellant, William L. Miller, appeals his conviction in the...
State v. Slider - 5/23/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
Randy Slider appeals the Washington County Court of Common Pleas' determination that he is a sexual predator. He asserts that the determination is against the manifest weight of the evidence. Because...
State v. Ratkosky - 5/23/2001
DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
This cause was heard upon the record in the trial court. Each error assigned has been reviewed and the following disposition is made:
Appellant, Jeffrey Ratkosky ("Ratkosky") appeals from his...
State v. Lunce - 5/21/2001
Plaintiff-appellant, the State of Ohio, appeals a decision of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas granting the suppression motion of defendant-appellee, Scott Lunce. Since we conclude that appellee's constitutional rights were...
State v. Wills - 5/21/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
This is an appeal as to the imposition of a maximum sentence imposed upon appellant by the Licking County Court of Common Pleas. Appellant was indicted on one count of aggravated vehicular assault in...
State v. Helms - 5/21/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant Phillip Helms appeals his conviction, in the Licking County Court of Common Pleas, as it pertains to the suspension of his driver's license for life. The following facts give rise to this appeal. On...
State v. Dragan - 5/21/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On December 31, 1999, Trooper William Butts of the Ohio State Highway Patrol clocked a vehicle traveling 48 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone. Trooper Butts followed the vehicle and activated his lights. The vehicle...
State v. Cooney - 5/18/2001
OPINION Rendered on the 18th day of May , 2001.
Defendant-appellant Eileen M. Cooney appeals from the trial court's denial of her appeal, pursuant to R.C. 4511.191(H)(1), from an administrative license suspension imposed as a...
State v. Rankin - 5/18/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part; Reversed and Remanded in part.
This timely appeal arises from a Belmont County Court of Common Pleas judgment overruling Appellant's motions to continue, accepting his plea of no contest and...
State v. Myers - 5/18/2001
OPINION Rendered on the 18th day of May, 2001.
Defendant, John W. Myers, Jr., appeals from his conviction for possession of marijuana in excess of 5000 grams, in violation of R.C. 2925.11(C)(3)(e), and two counts of possession of...
State v. Frady - 5/18/2001
OPINION Rendered on the 18th day of May, 2001.
Plaintiff-appellant the State of Ohio appeals from an order suppressing evidence in its prosecution of defendant-appellee Melanie Frady for DUI, Driving Left of Center, and Consuming...
State v. Chalmers - 5/17/2001
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED
The State of Ohio appeals from a common pleas court judgment which sealed Mary L. Chalmers' conviction for attempted passing bad checks. The state claims the court should have found Chalmers ineligible for...
State v. Runner - 5/16/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This timely appeal arises from Appellant's conviction in the Belmont County Court of Common Pleas on one count of driving under the influence ("DUI"). Because Appellant had been previously convicted of DUI...
State v. Culberson - 5/15/2001
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Remanded.
This timely appeal arises out of a decision of the Columbiana County Court of Common Pleas granting Allen D. Culberson's ("Appellee's") motion to suppress evidence of three prior convictions for...
State v. Clark - 5/11/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant John H. Clark appeals his conviction and sentence from the Holmes County Court on one count of driving while under the influence of alcohol in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1) and one count...
State v. Wharton - 5/9/2001
DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
This cause was heard upon the record in the trial court. Each error assigned has been reviewed and the following disposition is made:
Appellant, Abel Wharton, appeals his conviction in the Wayne...
State v. Jackson - 5/9/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part; Reversed and remanded in part.
This timely appeal arises from Appellant's conviction in East Liverpool Municipal Court for driving under the influence, driving under suspension and endangering...
State v. Roberts - 5/9/2001
DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
This cause was heard upon the record in the trial court. Each error assigned has been reviewed and the following disposition is made:
The State of Ohio appeals the decision of the Cuyahoga Falls...
State v. White - 5/9/2001
JUDGMENT ENTRY.
This appeal, considered on the accelerated calendar under App.R. 11.1(E) and Loc.R. 12, is not controlling authority except as provided in S.Ct.R.Rep.Op. 2(G)(1).
The sole assignment of error, alleging that...
City of Maple Heights v. Walters - 5/3/2001
Judgment: Reversed and remanded
Appellant Charles R. Walters appeals from a judgment of the Garfield Heights Municipal Court denying his motion to suppress. Mr. Walters was found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol...
State v. Crisafi - 5/3/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This timely appeal arises from a trial court judgment overruling Appellant's, Stephen P. Crisafi's, motion to suppress evidence and subsequently finding Appellant guilty of violating R.C. §4511.19(A)(1)(3)...
State v. Hlinovsky - 5/1/2001
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Remanded.
Defendant-appellant Frederick Hlinovsky, Jr. presents this timely appeal from an order of the Belmont County Court, Western Division, which accepted his guilty pleas to driving under the...
State v. Barden - 3/30/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant, Patrick M. Barden, appeals his conviction in the Columbiana County Court, Eastern Area, for DUI.
On October 15, 1995, at approximately 2:36 A.M., Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper...
State v. Tibbetts - 3/30/2001
Judgment Appealed From Is: Affirmed
Date of Judgment Entry on Appeal: March 30, 2001
The petitioner, Raymond Tibbetts, appeals from the trial court's order dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief brought...
State v. Myers - 3/30/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant, Jacqueline Myers, appeals from a decision of the Columbiana Court of Common Pleas finding her guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.
On April 6,...
State v. Cosari - 3/30/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Appellant, Steven J. Cosari, appeals from the denial of his motion to suppress following his conviction for driving with a prohibited blood alcohol concentration in the Portage County Municipal Court,...
State v. Earich - 3/29/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Defendant-appellant Brandie Earich appeals the decision of the East Liverpool Municipal Court which overruled her suppression motion. For the following reasons, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed. ...
State v. Simms - 3/28/2001
DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
This cause was heard upon the record in the trial court. Each error assigned has been reviewed and the following disposition is made:
Defendant Bradford Simms appeals a judgment of the Medina...
State v. Chapa - 3/23/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This appeal comes to us from a judgment issued by the Fulton County Court of Common Pleas following appellant's guilty pleas to involuntary manslaughter and aggravated vehicular assault. Because we...
State v. Rootes - 3/23/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This appeal emanates from the Portage County Municipal Court, Ravenna Division. Appellant, John P. Rootes, appeals the trial court's judgment entry of December 15, 1999, and the judge's ruling on the...
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