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. Reed - 9/11/2000
Defendant-appellant, James L. Reed, 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)(1). The trial court's decision is...
State v. Warburton - 9/7/2000
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal Appeal from Municipal Court.
JUDGMENT: Judgment Affirmed.
Defendant-appellant, Dick M. Warburton, Jr., appeals from a judgment of the Crawford County Municipal Court, which upheld his...
State v. Collins - 9/6/2000
Criminal law - Nonsupport of dependents - R.C. 2919.21, construed and applied.
Submitted April 25, 2000
In September 1990, the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, granted a divorce to Kaye...
State v. Givens - 9/1/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant the State of Ohio appeals a judgment of the New Philadelphia Municipal Court dismissing charges of driving under the influence alcohol and driving with a prohibited blood-alcohol content (R.C....
State v. Waldron - 9/1/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
NADER, J.
Appellant, Jeremy Waldron, appeals from the judgment by the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, convicting him of two counts of involuntary manslaughter, in violation of R.C. 2903.04(B),...
State v. Smallwood - 8/31/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Defendant-appellant, Ronald Smallwood appeals from the East Liverpool Municipal Court's judgment denying his motion to suppress breath samples. For the following reasons, the trial court's decision is...
State v. Hyde - 8/31/2000
JUDGMENT: Vacated; final judgment entered
Appellant Mark A. Hyde appeals a judgment of the Lancaster Municipal Court convicting him of driving under the influence of alcohol (R.C.4511.19(A)(3)), upon a plea of no contest: ...
City of Struthers v. Stran - 8/31/2000
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Remanded.
Defendant-appellant James Stran appeals the decision of the Struthers Municipal Court which denied his motion to suppress the results of a breath test in his driving under the influence case....
City Of Richmond Heights v. Abriani - 8/24/2000
Judgment: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Jerry Abriani appeals from his conviction in the Lyndhurst Municipal Court following a jury trial for driving while under the influence of alcohol (DUI) in violation of Richmond Heights...
State v. Johnson - 8/21/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Dale C. Johnson appeals his conviction and sentence from the Stark County Court of Common Pleas on one count of driving while under the influence, in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1) and/or...
State v. Segi - 8/18/2000
Rendered on the 18th day of August, 2000.
Robert Segi appeals from a judgment of the Vandalia Municipal Court, which found him guilty of driving under the influence ("DUI") after overruling his motion to suppress evidence. ...
State v. Wise - 8/16/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Jennifer Wise appeals the January 20, 2000 Judgment Entry of the Licking County Court of Common Pleas, which found her guilty of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol,...
State v. Homan - 8/16/2000
Criminal procedure - Police must strictly comply with established, standardized procedures in administering field sobriety tests - R.C. 2945.72(E) does not extend the time within which a criminal defendant must be brought to trial when...
State v. Siegel - 8/14/2000
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal Appeal from Municipal Court.
JUDGMENT: Judgment reversed and cause remanded.
This appeal is taken by Defendant-Appellant Steven Siegel from the judgment entered by the Bellefontaine...
State v. Stamper - 8/11/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This appeal emanates from the Portage County Municipal Court, Ravenna Division. Appellant, Arlie R. Stamper, III, appeals his conviction of driving under the influence, a license plate light violation, and...
State v. McGinnis - 8/11/2000
Rendered on the 11 th day of August , 2000.
Deborah K. McGinnis is appealing from the decision of the trial court finding her guilty of driving under the influence after she entered a no contest plea. She had also been...
State v. Pugh - 8/11/2000
Judgment Appealed From Is: Reversed and Cause Remanded
We have sua sponte removed this cause from the accelerated calendar.
In a single assignment of error, raised pursuant to Crim.R. 12(J) and R.C. 2945.67, the state...
State v. Semenchuk - 8/10/2000
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
George Semenchuk appeals from a judgment of the common pleas court alleging a denial of due process when the court found he violated the conditions of his community control sanctions following his plea of...
City Of Independence v. Power - 8/10/2000
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
Diane Power appeals from a judgment of the Garfield Heights Municipal Court alleging denial of due process in connection with her no contest plea to the charge of driving while under the influence of...
State v. Whitaker - 8/9/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant Joseph Whitaker appeals the decision of the Licking County Municipal Court, finding him guilty on three traffic charges. On July 31, 1999, Trooper Ball of the Ohio State Highway Patrol was on duty...
State v. Smith - 8/8/2000
Following bench trial in the Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court, appellant was convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol (R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)), a fifth degree felony. He appeals, assigning two errors: ...
State v. Skidmore - 8/7/2000
Defendant-appellant, Robert Skidmore, appeals his conviction in the Warren County Court of Common Pleas for felonious assault.
Appellant was indicted in May 1999 on one count of felonious assault in violation of R.C....
State v. Galbreath - 8/4/2000
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Ottawa County Municipal Court in which the trial court ordered that appellant pay jury costs. For the reasons that follow, this court reverses the judgment of...
State v. Philipot - 8/4/2000
Rendered on the 4th day of August, 2000.
Donald Philipot appeals from the judgment of the Kettering Municipal Court denying his motion to suppress evidence acquired as a result of a traffic stop.
On April 10, 1999,...
State v. Hall - 8/4/2000
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from a November 20, 1998 judgment entry of the Erie County Court in which the court: 1) accepted a jury verdict and found appellant guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol in...
State v. Burchett - 8/3/2000
Rendered on August 3, 2000
APPEAL from the Franklin County Municipal Court.
Defendant-appellant, Rande Burchett, appeals the judgment of the Franklin County Municipal Court overruling appellant's motion to suppress and...
State v. Smith - 7/31/2000
Defendant-appellant, Martin Ward Smith, appeals his conviction in the Clermont County Municipal Court for driving while under the influence of alcohol ("DUI"). We affirm the decision of the trial court.
Following the...
State v. Salter - 7/27/2000
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED
Defendant James Salter pleaded guilty to one count of driving while intoxicated, a fourth degree felony because he had four or more prior convictions within the previous six years. The court sentenced...
State v. McAuley - 7/27/2000
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED
Defendant-appellant Robert A. McAuley ( McAuley ; d.o.b. April 22, 1944) appeals from his jury trial conviction of Driving Under the Influence in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1). For the reasons adduced...
State v. Bosier - 7/24/2000
Defendant-appellant, Roger W. Bosier, appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence of breath alcohol testing and the trial court's decision to allow the state to amend the indictment against him.
On March...
State v. Gill - 7/20/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On July 21, 1999, Coshocton County Sheriff's Deputy Keith Duncan investigated a report of a felonious assault with a baseball bat at Bando's. The baseball bat was discovered in a motor vehicle behind Bando's....
State v. Maser - 7/20/2000
APPEAL from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Defendant-appellant, Chad M. Maser, appeals from the September 24, 1999 judgment entry of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas resentencing appellant to five...
State v. Combs - 7/18/2000
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
These are consolidated appeals from several judgments entered by the Scioto County Common Pleas Court with respect to the previous conviction of Roger A. Combs, defendant below and appellant herein,...
State v. Clowers - 7/17/2000
Defendant-appellant, Robert A. Clowers, appeals his conviction in the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas for driving under the influence and assault on a police officer.
On July 9, 1999, Officer Michael Hackman of the Miami...
State v. Gray - 7/14/2000
This is an accelerated calendar appeal taken from a final judgment of the Chardon Municipal Court. Appellant, Robert E. Gray, II, appeals his conviction and sentence for driving under the influence in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)....
State v. Richardson - 7/14/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Plaintiff-appellant the State of Ohio appeals the January 5, 2000, Judgment Entry of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas granting defendant-appellee Daryl Richardson's Motion to Suppress. ...
City of Middleburg Heights v. D'Ettorre - 7/13/2000
Character of Proceeding:
Judgment: Affirmed in part; remanded for resentencing.
Defendant-appellant Dominic D'Ettorre appeals from his convictions in Berea Municipal Court following a jury trial for driving while under...
State v. Balderson - 7/10/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant Brian Balderson appeals the decision of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas that dismissed his petition for post conviction relief as untimely. The following facts give rise to this appeal. In...
State v. Bassham - 7/7/2000
Rendered on the 7th day of July , 2000.
The State of Ohio argues in this appeal that the trial court erred in suppressing certain evidence it desires to use to prosecute Brian Bassham for driving under the influence of alcohol....
State v. Metz - 7/6/2000
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART AND REMANDED
Defendant-appellant Christopher M. Metz ( appellant ) appeals from his conviction for failure to comply with an order or signal of an officer (R.C. 2921.331) and escape...
State v. Zanders - 7/5/2000
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:
Lawrence Zanders appeals from his conviction following a jury...
State v. Hawn - 6/30/2000
Rendered on the 30 th day of June, 2000.
Stephen Hawn was found guilty by a jury of murder with a firearm specification. The Montgomery County Common Pleas Court sentenced Hawn, and he has now timely appealed to this court. The...
State v. Swisher - 6/30/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On September 14, 1999, William Gordon, Jr., an EMT for the Alexandria Fire Department, responded to a report of a one-vehicle accident. When he arrived at the scene, appellant John Swisher was sitting next to...
State v. Robinson - 6/30/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an accelerated calendar appeal submitted to the court on the briefs of the parties. Appellant, Tim Robinson, appeals from his conviction and sentence entered on a no contest plea in the Portage...
State v. Hrubik - 6/30/2000
JUDGMENT: Reversed and remanded.
This is an accelerated calendar appeal submitted to the court on the briefs of the parties. Appellant, the State of Ohio, appeals from a final judgment of an acting judge in the Ashtabula County...
City of Xenia v. McDaniel - 6/30/2000
Rendered on the 30th day of June , 2000.
Defendant-appellant Eddie L. McDaniel appeals from his conviction and sentence, following a no-contest plea, for DUI. McDaniel contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion...
Hlusak v. Sullivan - 6/29/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part and Reversed in part.
Appellant, Sandra A. Hlusak, executrix of the estate of Mark E. Hlusak, is appealing the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellees Sheridan Morgan; Sheridan...
State v. Jacobs - 6/28/2000
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Remanded
Appellant State of Ohio appeals the decision of the Holmes County Court that granted Appellee Gerald Jacobs' motion to suppress. The following facts give rise to this appeal. On October 15, 1998,...
State v. Stillinger - 6/26/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
At 8: 10 p.m. on November 6, 1999, Trooper James Lott of the Ohio State Highway Patrol was dispatched to investigate an automobile accident in Lancaster. Upon arriving at the scene, Trooper Lott was informed...
Perry v. Board of Education - 6/26/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an accelerated calendar case submitted to this court on the briefs of the parties. Appellant, Cynthia Perry, appeals a decision of the Lake County Court of Common Pleas in an R.C. Chapter 2506 appeal...
Perry v. Perry Local School District - 6/26/2000
Ret., Eleventh Appellate District, sitting by assignment.
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an accelerated calendar case submitted to this court on the briefs of the parties. Appellant, Cynthia Perry, appeals a decision of the...
State v. Hall - 6/23/2000
DECISION
Judgment Appealed From Is: Reversed and Cause Remanded
Defendant-appellant Rick D. Hall has taken the instant appeal from his adjudication as a sexual predator. He advances on appeal four assignments of error, the...
City of Willoughby v. Eckersley - 6/19/2000
JUDGES HON. DONALD R. FORD, P.J., HON. ROBERT A. NADER, J., HON. JOHN R. MILLIGAN, J., Ret.,
Fifth Appellate District, sitting by assignment.
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an appeal from the Willoughby Municipal...
City of Willoughby v. Patt - 6/19/2000
JUDGES HON. DONALD R. FORD, P.J., HON. ROBERT A. NADER, J., HON. WILLIAM M. O'NEILL, J.
JUDGMENT: Reversed and judgment entered for appellant.
This appeal emanates from the Willoughby Municipal Court. Appellant, Jeffrey...
City of Ravenna v. Hale - 6/19/2000
JUDGES HON. DONALD R. FORD, P.J., HON. JUDITH A. CHRISTLEY, J., HON. ROBERT A. NADER, J.
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an appeal from the Portage County Municipal Court, Ravenna Division. Appellant, Christian P. Hale,...
City of Highland Heights v. Allen - 6/15/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Defendant-appellant Jason Lee Allen was convicted in the Lyndhurst Municipal Court on one charge of operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol while under twenty-one years of age,...
State v. Johnson - 6/12/2000
Defendant-appellant, Jeffrey Johnson, appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence of breath testing performed by the Washington Court House Police Department.
On December 15, 1998, Sergeant Mark Rossiter...
State v. Riley - 6/12/2000
Defendant-appellant, Michael Riley, appeals his conviction for possession of cocaine.
Riley was stopped on January 23, 1998 by Officer Bob Rose of the Miami Township Police Department for a suspected traffic violation and...
State v. Riffle - 6/12/2000
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Remanded
Reader, V.J. Defendant-appellant Ronald L. Riffle appeals his conviction and sentence entered by the Stark County Court of Common Pleas on one count of driving while intoxicated, in violation of...
State v. Klump - 6/12/2000
Plaintiff-appellant, the state of Ohio, appeals from a Brown County Court of Common Pleas judgment entry granting a motion to suppress. Because we find that there was probable cause for arrest and that no constitutional violation...
State v. McElroy - 6/9/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an accelerated calendar case submitted to this court on the briefs of the parties. Appellant, John R. McElroy, appeals the sentence imposed by the Lake County Court of Common Pleas for driving under...
State v. Roy - 6/9/2000
OPINION.
Criminal Appeal From: Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas
Judgments Appealed From Are: Sentences Vacated and Cause Remanded
Date of Judgment Entry on Appeal: June 9, 2000
We have sua sponte removed...
State v. Stewart - 6/7/2000
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, Elizabeth D. Stewart,...
State v. Gregory - 6/5/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant Jay R. Gregory appeals a judgment of the Lancaster Municipal Court of Fairfield County, Ohio, convicting and sentencing him for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol in violation...
State v. Cabral - 6/5/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Aaron Cabral appeals the November 15, 1999 Judgment Entry of the Canton Municipal Court which found him guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and...
State v. Barth - 6/5/2000
JUDGMENT: Reversed and remanded.
Appellant, Robert J. Barth, appeals his conviction issued by the Mentor Municipal Court, finding him guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, a violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1),...
State v. Miller - 6/2/2000
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This accelerated appeal is before the court on appeal from the October 21, 1999 judgment of the Sylvania Municipal Court, which denied the motion to suppress filed by appellant, Sean A. Miller. After...
State v. Burdick - 5/31/2000
JUDGES
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
This is an accelerated appeal taken from a final judgment of the Chardon Municipal Court. Appellant, David L. Burdick, appeals from his conviction for driving while under the influence of...
Madison Township v. Moore - 5/31/2000
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
The following is an accelerated calendar case submitted on the record and brief of appellant. Appellee, Madison Township, has declined to submit a brief. Appellant, Charlotte A. Moore (Moore), appeals from...
State v. Putnick - 5/26/2000
DECISION.
Criminal Appeal From: Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas
Judgment Appealed From Is: Affirmed
This case has sua sponte been removed from the accelerated calendar.
This case arises from a...
City of Cincinnati v. Askren - 5/26/2000
DECISION.
Criminal Appeals From: Hamilton County Municipal Court
Plaintiffs-appellants the City of Cincinnati and the State of Ohio advance on appeal a single assignment of error, in which they contend that the trial court...
State v. Davies - 5/26/2000
Rendered on the 26th day of May , 2000.
Brenda B. Davies is appealing from her conviction and sentence of two charges, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and a marked lanes violation, to which she pled no...
State v. Hemmer - 5/25/2000
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal Appeal from Municipal Court.
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed.
On August 22, 1999, Appellant was arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence (D.U.I.), a violation of R.C....
State v. Jordan - 5/24/2000
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal appeal from Municipal Court
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed
Defendant-appellant, Max A. Jordan, appeals from the judgment of the Marysville Municipal Court, Union County, which denied his...
Hunsucker v. Sharpless - 5/24/2000
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:
Plaintiff Ruth Hunsucker has appealed from a judgment of the...
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