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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State v. Davis - 3/22/2001
Donald D. Davis appeals the judgment of the Chillicothe Municipal Court denying the appeal of his administrative license suspension. He assigns the following errors:
FIRST ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR
THE TRIAL COURT COMMITTED...
State v. Musgrove - 3/21/2001
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).
Defendant-appellant, Todd Musgrove, appeals...
State v. Njada - 3/16/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Appellant, Mahmoud Njada, appeals the January 7, 2000 judgment entry of the Niles Municipal Court in which he was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence in violation of R.C....
State v. Haley - 3/16/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Appellant, State of Ohio, appeals a decision of the Portage County Municipal Court, Ravenna Division, pursuant to Crim.R. 12(J), in which the trial court granted a motion to suppress filed by appellee,...
State v. Kennedy - 3/16/2001
DECISION.
Criminal Appeal From: Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas
Judgment Appealed From Is: Affirmed
On August 27, 1999, defendant-appellant Derrick Kennedy was indicted for possession of cocaine, in violation of...
State v. Click - 3/16/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
On March 24, 1999, at 2:43 a.m., appellant, David C. Click, was stopped by an Ohio State Highway Patrol officer for speeding in Ravenna Township, Ohio. Field tests were administered and appellant was placed...
State v. Tannert - 3/16/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
In this accelerated calendar case, submitted on the record and the briefs of the parties, appellant, Ashley S. Tannert, appeals from the judgment of the Portage County Municipal Court, Ravenna Division,...
State v. Tucker - 3/16/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an appeal from the Ashtabula County Court, Western District. Appellant, Robert V. Tucker, appeals the trial court's judgment entry overruling his Administrative License Suspension appeal.
A...
State v. Burke - 3/15/2001
JUDGMENT: Reversed and remanded
On December 23, 1999, Lieutenant Bob Markowski of the Ohio State Highway Patrol was driving home after concluding his shift at the multi-agency radio communication system for the Ohio State...
City of Euclid v. Meyers - 3/15/2001
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
This case came to be heard upon the accelerated calendar pursuant to App.R. 11.1 and Loc.R. 11.1, the record from the lower court, the briefs and the oral arguments of counsel.
Defendant-appellant,...
State v. Stringfield - 3/14/2001
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 Jessie Stringfield has appealed his conviction from...
Muenchenbach v. Preble County - 3/14/2001
Political subdivision tort liability - For purposes of R.C. 2744.02(B)(1), a "use standard" is an appropriate test for determining whether a vehicle is excepted from the definition in R.C. 4511.01(B) of "motor vehicle" on the basis...
State v. Njada - 3/9/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Appellant, Mahmoud Njada, appeals the January 7, 2000 judgment entry of the Niles Municipal Court in which he was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence in violation of R.C....
State v. Click - 3/9/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
On March 24, 1999, at 2:43 a.m., appellant, David C. Click, was stopped by an Ohio State Highway Patrol officer for speeding in Ravenna Township, Ohio. Field tests were administered and appellant was placed...
State v. Zuzga - 3/8/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Defendant-appellant Stephen Zuzga appeals the decision of the Youngstown Municipal Court which denied his motion to suppress the results of a blood test. Appellant argues that the court should have...
State v. Otto - 3/7/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This timely appeal arises from Appellant's conviction on charges of driving under the influence and speeding. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
On September 21,...
State v. Farewell - 3/7/2001
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal Appeals from Common Pleas Court.
JUDGMENTS: Judgments Reversed.
The defendant-appellant, Mark Farewell ("appellant"), appeals the judgment of the Van Wert Municipal Court finding him in...
City of Newark v. Williams - 3/6/2001
JUDGMENT: 00TRC03990-Affirmed
00CRB01309-Reversed Final judgment of acquittal entered
Plaintiff Timothy L. Williams appeals a judgment of the Licking County Municipal Court which convicted and sentenced him for one count...
State v. Studer - 3/5/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Tadd M. Studer appeals from the May 25, 2000, Judgment Entry of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas denying his Motion for Credit for Time Served. Plaintiff-appellee is the State of...
City of Hamilton v. Stewart - 3/5/2001
Defendant-appellant, Gregg Stewart, appeals his conviction in the Hamilton Municipal Court for driving under the influence ("DUI"). The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
In the early morning hours of January 21, 2000,...
State v. Beck - 3/2/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This case comes before the court on appeal from a judgment of the Ottawa County Municipal Court wherein appellant was convicted on one count of driving with a prohibited blood alcohol concentration in...
State v. Smith - 3/1/2001
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Remanded.
Defendant Raysheem Smith appeals from his conviction for possession of more than one but less than five grams of cocaine. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand for further...
State v. Walker - 2/26/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant William E. Walker, Jr. appeals his conviction and sentence entered by the Canton Municipal Court on one count of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, in violation of...
State v. Barrett - 2/26/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Lisa M. Barrett appeals her conviction and sentence from the Licking County Municipal Court on one count of driving while under the influence, in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)....
State v. Carbaugh - 2/26/2001
Michael Carbaugh appeals his convictions by the Athens County Municipal Court for violations of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1), operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (OMVI), and R.C. 4511.21(A), operating a motor vehicle at a greater...
State v. Letner - 2/23/2001
Rendered on the 23rd day of February, 2001.
Defendant-appellant Donald E. Letner appeals from his conviction and sentence for Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol. Letner argues that the trial court...
State v. Kincaid - 2/21/2001
JUDGMENT: Reversed
On March 15, 1999, Robert Dial, age fifteen, called the City of Heath Police Department and reported observing an individual in a gas station with a gun in his pants pocket. Mr. Dial gave the police a...
State v. Moore - 2/20/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant William Moore appeals a judgment of the Municipal Court of Canton, Stark County, Ohio, which convicted and sentenced him for one count of driving under the influence of alcohol and one count of...
State v. Sable - 2/16/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Appellant, Edward C. Sable, appeals from the judgment of the Portage County Municipal Court, Ravenna Division, entered on August 11, 1999. After a bench trial on July 7, 1999, appellant was convicted of DUI,...
State v. Totten - 2/15/2001
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
This is an appeal by appellant, William Totten, from his conviction in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas of two counts of cocaine possession in violation of R.C....
State v. Hess - 2/13/2001
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
David M. Hess, defendant-appellant, was indicted on four counts all arising from events resulting in the death of a six-year-old boy. Those counts were two counts of...
State v. Hurst - 2/9/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from the judgments of the Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas which, following a plea of guilty, sentenced appellant to a term of incarceration and imposed a fine. For the following...
Horace Mann Insurance Companies v. Bradwell - 2/6/2001
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Plaintiff-appellant, Horace Mann Insurance Companies ("Horace Mann"), appeals from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas'...
State v. McCormick - 2/5/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Virgil McCormick appeals his conviction and sentence on one count of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1), following a jury trial....
State v. Schlagheck - 2/2/2001
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Maumee Municipal Court which, following a jury trial, found appellant, Lee J. Schlagheck, guilty of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in violation of...
State v. Ables - 2/2/2001
OPINION Rendered on the 2nd day of February, 2001.
Defendant-appellant Charles Ables appeals from his conviction and sentence, following a no-contest plea, for Driving Under the Influence, Driving Under Suspension, and Resisting...
State v. Hall - 2/2/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
O'NEILL, J.
Appellant, Danny L. Hall, appeals his conviction in the Warren Municipal Court on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence ("DUI") in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1). The...
State v. Ullom - 2/1/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant, Jerri L. Ullom, appeals her conviction in the Belmont County Court, Western Division, for DUI.
On July 30, 1995, appellant was arrested for speeding and DUI. Appellant pled not...
State v. Merkle - 1/31/2001
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 E. Merkle, appeals his conviction in the...
State v. Wessel - 1/29/2001
JUDGMENT: Reversed
On March 17, 2000, Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Craig Cvetan stopped appellant, Cheryl Wessel, for speeding. After an investigation, appellant was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in...
State v. McConnell - 1/22/2001
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal Appeal from Common Pleas Court
JUDGMENT: Judgment of Sentence Vacated and Cause Remanded.
Although this appeal was originally assigned to our accelerated calendar, we have elected to...
State v. West - 1/19/2001
OPINION Rendered on the 19 th day of January, 2001.
Defendant, Thomas West, was found guilty and convicted following a jury trial in Fairborn Municipal Court of Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol or...
State v. Marshall - 1/16/2001
JUDGMENT: Vacated in part; affirmed in part
ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR
FIRST ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR:
THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN OVERRULING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO SUPPRESS. THE PROSECUTION FAILED TO MEET ITS BURDEN AS THE...
State v. Holland - 1/12/2001
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Vanessa Holland, appeals the February 4, 2000, Judgment Entry of the Licking County Municipal Court overruling her motion to suppress evidence.
STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND CASE ...
State v. Graham - 1/10/2001
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, John Paul Graham, appeals his conviction in the...
State v. Sanders - 12/29/2000
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal Appeal from Municipal Court.
JUDGMENT: Judgment reversed.
The defendant-appellant, Christopher M. Sanders ("the appellant"), appeals the conviction and sentence of the Marion County...
State v. Flasck - 12/29/2000
JUDGMENT: Reversed and remanded.
MAHONEY, J., Ret.
Appellee, David Flasck, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol ("DUI") on October 14, 1998. He was charged with felony DUI, pursuant to R.C....
City of Mentor v. Phillips - 12/29/2000
JUDGMENT: Reversed and remanded.
NADER, J.
Appellant, Peter Phillips, appeals from the judgment of the Mentor Municipal Court, convicting him of a marked lanes violation and driving under the influence of alcohol. ...
State v. Babb - 12/28/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Michael Babb appeals the April 3, 2000 Judgment Entry entered by the Morgan County Court, which convicted and sentenced him on one count of operating a motor vehicle while under the...
State v. Jones - 12/27/2000
Criminal law - Aggravated murder - Death penalty upheld, when.
Submitted July 25, 2000
During the early afternoon of Friday, September 2, 1994, Elaine Schub and Joe Kaplan checked in as guests at the Embassy Suites Hotel in...
State of Horton - 12/26/2000
Defendant-appellant and cross-appellee, Nicholas B. Horton, appeals his conviction in the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas for driving while under the influence of alcohol ("DUI") in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(3).
In the...
State v. Havens - 12/22/2000
JUDGMENT: Reversed and remanded.
Appellant, the State of Ohio, appeals the judgment entry of the Portage County Municipal Court, which suppressed evidence of the arrest, field sobriety tests, and blood alcohol test of appellee,...
State v. Kinder - 12/22/2000
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Remanded
Defendant-appellant Jack L. Kinder, Jr. appeals the July 11, 2000, and the July 21, 2000 Judgment Entries of the Muskingum County Court of Common Pleas, which found him guilty and sentenced him...
State v. Soulen - 12/22/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Michael R. Soulen appeals the December 29, 1999 Judgment Entry entered by the Mansfield Municipal Court, which convicted and sentenced him for violating Village of Lexington Ordinance...
State v. Smith - 12/22/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.
Appellant, Michael A. Smith, appeals from his conviction on one count of vehicular homicide and one count of assured clear distance after a bench trial in the Portage...
State v. Gigliotti - 12/22/2000
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from a decision of the Erie County Court, filed on December 9, 1999, in which the court accepted a no contest plea from appellant, Vincent Gigliotti, to a charge of driving under the...
State v. Turner - 12/21/2000
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
APPEAL from the Franklin County Municipal Court.
Plaintiff-appellant, State of Ohio, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Municipal Court granting the motion to suppress of...
State v. Reilly - 12/20/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded
On April 21, 2000, Deputy Philip Snider of the Muskingum County Sheriff's Department was dispatched in reference to a vehicle in a ditch. While en route to the location,...
State v. Philpot - 12/20/2000
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).
Defendant-appellant Reese Howard Philpot...
State v. Caldwell - 12/19/2000
JUDGMENT: Reversed and remanded
On October 3, 1999, two Ohio State Highway Patrol Troopers clocked appellee, Donald Caldwell, traveling 63 m.p.h. in a 55 m.p.h. zone. The troopers stopped appellee. One trooper smelled a strong...
Benna v. Slavin - 12/18/2000
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
David Benna appeals from a decision of the common pleas court granting summary judgment in favor of Jeffrey Slavin in connection with his claim for legal malpractice. Benna urges on appeal the court...
State v. Comisford - 12/18/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On November 27, 1999, appellant was charged with speeding, driving under the influence, and possession of drug paraphernalia. At his request, his arraignment was continued from December 1, 1999, to December...
State v. Hatt - 12/18/2000
Defendant-appellant, John Hatt, appeals his conviction in the Middletown Municipal Court for driving while under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol ("DUI") in violation of Middletown Codified Ordinances ("M.C.O.") 434.01(C)(2). ...
State/City Of Middletown v. Flinchum - 12/18/2000
Defendant-appellant, Thomas E. Flinchum II, appeals the determination of the Middletown Municipal Court finding him guilty of reckless operation, a minor misdemeanor, and driving while under the influence ("DUI"), a first-degree...
State v. Walker - 12/15/2000
Rendered on the 15 th day of December, 2000.
This appeal is brought by the State of Ohio pursuant to Crim.R. 12(J) from an order of the court of common pleas sustaining Defendant-Appellant Renier H. Walker's motion to suppress...
State v. Metz - 12/15/2000
Rendered on the 15th day of December , 2000.
Defendant-appellant Linda Metz appeals from her conviction and sentence, following a no-contest plea, for Driving Under the Influence. Metz contends that the trial court erred by...
City Bowling Green v. Campanello - 12/15/2000
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This appeal comes to us from the Bowling Green Municipal Court where that court granted a petitioner relief from an administrative license suspension. Because the trial court correctly applied the...
State v. Lawrence - 12/15/2000
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the Erie County Court after defendant-appellant, Dennis R. Lawrence, pled no contest to one count of driving under the influence...
Houpt v. City of Berea - 12/14/2000
JUDGMENT REVERSED; JUDGMENT ENTERED FOR APPELLANT
This is an appeal from an order of Judge Janet R. Burnside granting summary judgment to appellee, the City of Berea, ( Berea ) on appellant James Houpt's claim for the return of...
Village of Mayfield v. Minello - 12/14/2000
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
A jury found defendant David Minello guilty of speeding and driving while intoxicated. In this appeal, he claims the court denied him due process of law by refusing to enforce his discovery requests and by...
City of Rocky River - 12/14/2000
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED
Defendant-appellant Lenore Kline ( appellant ) appeals from orders of the Rocky River Municipal Court finding her guilty of three traffic offenses. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the...
State v. Bigham - 12/14/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant Keith Bigham appeals the decision of the Fairfield County Municipal Court that found him guilty of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and failure to control. The following...
City of Cuyahoga Falls v. Scupholm - 12/13/2000
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-appellant Michael W. Scupholm has appealed from a...
State v. Zeffer - 12/13/2000
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, Joshua J. Zeffer, appeals his conviction and...
In re Norris - 12/12/2000
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
Iris Norris and Robert Boling appeal the termination of their parental rights and the grant of custody of their children to Athens County Children Services ("ACCS") by the Juvenile Division of the...
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