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. Marsh - 9/3/1999
C-980788
OPINION.
Criminal Appeal From: Hamilton County Municipal Court
Judgment Appealed From Is: Reversed and Cause Remanded
Please note: We have sua sponte removed this case from the accelerated calendar. ...
City of Westlake v. Connole - 9/2/1999
Judgment: Vacated and remanded.
Defendant-appellant Tara Marie Connole appeals from the Parma Municipal Court's order denying her motion to withdraw her no contest plea to motor vehicle violations two years after the sentence...
City of Lynhurst v. Sadowski - 9/2/1999
JUDGMENT: REVERSED.
Defendant-appellant, Andrew J. Sadowski, appeals the judgment of the Lyndhurst Municipal Court, which accepted his plea of no contest and convicted him of driving under the influence and driving while...
State v. Bulgin - 9/2/1999
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
Defendant-appellant Samuel Bulgin (d.o.b. April 7, 1972) appeals from his jury trial conviction of: (1) Aggravated Murder [R.C. 2903.01(A)] of Mr. Michael Roman ( Roman ) with a firearm specification; and,...
State v. Chandler - 9/1/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part and remanded
On January 30, 1998, the Guernsey County Grand Jury indicted appellant, Rodney D. Chandler, on one count of driving under the influence in violation of R.C. 4511.19. Appellant had...
City of Lakewood v. Hartman - 9/1/1999
[Cite as Lakewood v. Hartman (1999), 86 Ohio St.3d 275.]
Criminal law - Probation - Trial court vested with discretion in determining proper conditions of probation - Trial court did not abuse its discretion in restricting...
State v. McCormick - 8/27/1999
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Remanded
Defendant Jennifer McCormick appeals a judgment of the Municipal Court of Coshocton, Ohio, convicting and sentencing her for driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of R.C.4511.19 (A)...
State v. Mayer - 8/26/1999
JUDGMENT REVERSED AND REMANDED.
This cause came on to be heard upon the accelerated calender pursuant to App.R. 11.1 and Loc.App.R. 25, the record from the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, oral argument and the briefs of...
State v. Wright - 8/25/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On February 25, 1998, the Coshocton County Grand Jury indicted appellant, Renate Wright, on one count of trafficking in cocaine in violation of R.C. 2925.03(A) and (C)(4)(a). Said charge arose from a...
State v. Sinclair - 8/20/1999
C-990134
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).
Appellee Philip E. Sinclair...
State v. Glover - 8/19/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant Jacob Glover appeals a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Licking County, Ohio, convicting and sentencing him for driving under the influence in violation of R.C. 4511.19, after appellant...
City of Cleveland v. Solomon - 8/12/1999
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.
Appellant David Solomon was charged with four counts in Cleveland Municipal Court: Driving Under the Influence, (M.C. 433.01 ); Driving Under the Influence; Breath (M.C. 433.01 ); Failure to Signal; Change...
State v. Vaughan - 8/12/1999
Defendant-appellant, Mark Vaughan, appeals from the judgment of the Union County Court of Common Pleas adjudicating him a sexual predator.
After initially entering a plea of not guilty to the charges against him, defendant...
State v. Brooks - 8/11/1999
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 Bryan J. Brooks has appealed from two judgments of...
State v. Decker - 8/6/1999
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal Appeal from Municipal Court.
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed.
Defendant-Appellant, Darlene Decker, appeals a judgment of the Municipal Court of Hancock County, Ohio, finding her guilty of...
State v. Wilson - 8/4/1999
C-980879
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, Joseph...
State v. Davis - 8/2/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant Daniel Davis appeals a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Stark County, Ohio, which revoked his probation and reimposed his prison term. Appellant assigns a single error to the trial court: ...
State v. Sandlin - 7/28/1999
[Cite as State v. Sandlin (1999), 86 Ohio St.3d 165.]
Submitted May 18, 1999
On May 14, 1992, appellant, David H. Sandlin, was indicted for one count of aggravated vehicular assault, a violation of R.C. 2903.08, one count...
State v. Snider - 7/28/1999
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 Deborah A. Snider appeals the denial of...
State v. Brown - 7/15/1999
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Remanded.
The issue in this accelerated appeal is whether the trial court may grant an expungement to a defendant who is not a first offender. The appellant State of Ohio argues that appellee Anthony...
State v. Gibson - 7/7/1999
STATE OF OHIO
COUNTY OF LORAIN
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: ...
State v. Posey - 7/7/1999
STATE OF OHIO
COUNTY OF SUMMIT
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 Michael...
State v. Harbert - 7/1/1999
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
Petitioner, Larry K. Harbert, appeals from the judgment of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.
At...
State v. Walton - 6/30/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Defendant-appellant Patricia Walton appeals from the May 18, 1998, Decision and Journal Entry of the Lancaster Municipal Court overruling her Motion to Suppress and the final Entry entered by such court on...
State v. Matheny - 6/29/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant David Matheny is appealing the decision of the Tuscarawas County Court of Common Pleas that ordered forfeiture of a vehicle, of which he was not the titled owner, and denied his motion to dismiss....
City of Cleveland v. Rees - 6/24/1999
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART AND REMANDED.
Michael Rees, defendant-appellant, appeals from the judgment of the City of Cleveland Municipal Court, Case No. 98-TRC-1072, in which the trial court overruled...
State v. Tillett - 6/24/1999
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART AND REMANDED.
Defendant-appellant Robert Tillett appeals from both his convictions after a jury trial for kidnapping, attempted murder, and attempted rape and the subsequent trial...
State v. Studer - 6/23/1999
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal appeal from Common Pleas Court
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed
Defendant-Appellant, Richard D. Studer, appeals a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County entered pursuant to a...
City of Allliance v. Misorski - 6/22/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant Sharon E. Misorski appeals a judgment of the Municipal Court of Alliance, Stark County, Ohio, which convicted and sentenced her for one count of driving under the influence of alcohol in violation...
State v. John Class - 6/22/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On May 22, 1997, appellant, John Class, Jr., was charged with driving under the influence in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1). A jury trial commenced on June 2, 1998. The jury found appellant guilty as...
City of Marysville v. Mushrush - 6/18/1999
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal appeal from Municipal Court
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed
Defendant-appellant Richard Mushrush takes this appeal from the judgment of the Marysville Municipal Court finding him guilty of...
State v. Lewis - 6/16/1999
[Cite as State v. Lewis (1999), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.]
Criminal law - Motor vehicles - Traffic offenses - Driving while intoxicated - Administrative license suspension - Reinstatement fee of former R.C. 4511.191(L)(2) does not...
Wofter v. Wofter - 6/16/1999
BRENDA S. WOFTER v. RAYMOND E. WOFTER
Nunc Pro Tunc - Designation of primary resident and designation of residential parent.
JUDGES: Hon. John W. Wise, P. J. Hon. W. Scott Gwin, J. Hon. W. Don Reader, V. J., (Visiting...
State v. Booker - 6/10/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Defendant/appellant Lonelle Booker appeals his conviction for escape, R.C. 2921.34. Finding no prejudicial error, we affirm.
According to the evidence presented at trial, Booker and his friend, Jerome...
State v. Eismon - 6/10/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On August 8, 1998, appellant, Todd Eismon, was charged with one count of driving under the influence in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)(3) and one count of reckless operation on private property in violation...
State v. Tigner - 6/9/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On November 18, 1998, appellant was stopped and arrested for Driving While Intoxicated, Improper Lane Usage, and Failure to Wear a Seat Belt. Appellant submitted to a BAC test, with result of .145. On...
Village of St. Louisville v. Miller - 6/6/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On September 8, 1991, appellant, Donald E. Miller, was charged with operating his vehicle under the influence of alcohol. By entry filed September 13, 1991, the trial court set a trial date for October 3,...
Wofter v. Wofter - 6/4/1999
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING: Civil Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, Case No. DA 93 0241 JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant Raymond Wofter is appealing the decision of the Muskingum County Court of Common Pleas that denied his...
[T] State v. Uskert - 6/2/1999
[Cite as State v. Uskert (1999), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.]
Criminal law - Motor vehicles - Traffic offenses - Driving while intoxicated - Administrative license suspension - Reinstatement fee of former R.C. 4511.191(L)(2) does not...
State v. Meador - 5/27/1999
JUDGMENT REVERSED AND REMANDED.
This cause came on to be heard upon the accelerated calender pursuant to App.R. 11.1 and Loc.App.R. 25, the record from the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, oral argument and the brief of...
City of Royalton - 5/20/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Defendant/appellant Steven M. Czupik appeals from an order that denied his motion to withdraw a no contest plea to the charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. He asserts that his plea should have...
State v. Baker - 5/18/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On June 14, 1998, appellant Eugene Baker was charged with Driving With a Prohibited Breath Alcohol Level in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(3). Appellant filed a motion to suppress the results of the breath...
City of North Royalton v. Smyth - 5/13/1999
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
Defendant Kevin Smyth pleaded no contest to a charge of driving while under the influence after the Parma Municipal Court denied his motion to suppress evidence of his breathalyzer test. The issues in this...
Cappara v. Schibley - 5/12/1999
[Cite as Cappara v. Schibley (1999), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.]
Torts - Negligence - Motor vehicles - Evidence of a subsequent driving record is not admissible to establish the state of mind of a driver at the time of an earlier...
State v. Miller - 4/29/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
At 10: 14 p.m., March 27,1998, Buckeye Lake Police Officer Matthew Shields was running an errand for another member of his department. He was in uniform, and traveling in his marked cruiser. He heard the...
State v. Kilbarger - 4/28/1999
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant Anthony L. Kilbarger appeals a judgment of the Lancaster Municipal Court convicting him of driving while intoxicated (R.C. 4511.19)(A)(1)), and driving under suspension (R.C. 4507.02 (D)(1)): ...
State v. Eubanks - 4/22/1999
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF DECISION: APRIL 22, 1999
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED
Defendant-appellant Herman Eubanks ( appellant ) appeals from his conviction for aggravated murder with a gun specification.
Appellant assigns the...
State v. Zizelman - 4/9/1999
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal appeal from Common Pleas Court
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed
This appeal is brought by Kevin Zizelman, Appellant, from the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Auglaize County,...
Toledo Bar Association v. Hayes - 4/7/1999
[Cite as Toledo Bar Assn. v. Hayes (1999), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.]
Attorneys at law - Misconduct - Indefinite suspension - Pattern of neglecting entrusted legal matters - Failure to cooperate in disciplinary investigations. ...
State v. Carter - 3/18/1999
JUDGMENT: Reversed and Remanded
Defendant-appellant Mark J. Carter appeals his convictions and sentences in the Licking County Municipal Court on one count of Failure to Control, in violation of R.C. 4511.202, and one count of...
State v. Getsy - 12/23/1998
Pfeifer, J.
In this appeal, Getsy raises seventeen propositions of law, many with subparts. For the reasons that follow, we reject all his propositions of law and affirm each conviction and the death sentence.
...
State v. Sanders - 12/18/1998
WILLIAM M. O'NEILL, Judge.
Appellant, Cynthia A. Sanders, appeals from her conviction and sentence in the Ashtabula County Court, Eastern Area, on one count of driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of R.C....
State v. Baker - 12/14/1998
COX,Judge.
This matter presents a timely appeal from a judgment rendered by the Mahoning County Court No. 5, Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio, accepting the no contest plea offered by defendant-appellant, Scott A. Baker, to one...
City Of Parma v. Saggio - 12/10/1998
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
Defendant-appellant Daniel Saggio, Jr. appeals from his conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1). The court found that this was the appellant's third OMVI in...
City of Cleveland v. Criss - 12/10/1998
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF DECISION December 10, 1998
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART AND REMANDED.
A jury found defendant-appellant David Criss guilty of driving under the influence in violation of Cleveland...
City Of Richmond Heights v. Williams - 11/25/1998
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
Defendant-appellant John Williams Jr. ( defendant ) appeals the trial court's decisions denying his first motion to suppress evidence, refusing to hear his second motion to suppress evidence, and excluding the...
City Of University Heights v. Crable - 11/25/1998
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
Defendant-appellant Charles R. Crable appeals his conviction in Shaker Heights Municipal Court for driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to drive in marked lanes and driving over the curb in...
State v. Pelz - 11/5/1998
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
William Pelz appeals from a judgment of the Rocky River Municipal Court entered following a bench trial where the court found him guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under suspension,...
State v. Trif - 11/5/1998
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
Defendant-appellant DanutTrif appeals from his conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of Lakewood Codified Ordinances 333.01. The court sentenced the appellant to a term of...
State v. Pringle - 6/29/1998
NADER, Judge.
In this case, a highway patrolman stopped appellant, Mark Pringle, for operating a commercial vehicle without displaying commercial license plates, and he discovered that appellant was also driving while...
State v. Boys - 6/26/1998
DOAN, Presiding Judge.
Defendant-appellee, Stephen B. Boys, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol pursuant to R.C. 4511.19(A)(1) and (A)(3). He moved to suppress the results of a breath test and other...
Zurowski v. Giannini - 6/25/1998
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF DECISION: JUNE 25, 1998
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
Appellant Barbara Zurowski appeals a decision by the trial court in favor of appellee Daniel L. Giannini in her action for personal injuries sustained in...
State of Ohio v. Zucal - 6/24/1998
[Cite as State v. Zucal (1998), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.]
Criminal law - Sentencing - Six-year delay between imposition of a mandatory jail sentence resulting from a conviction of a drunk driving offense and the execution of said...
State v. Zucal - 6/24/1998
Douglas, J.
The issue presented in this appeal concerns the delay in execution of appellant's mandatory ten-day jail sentence. Specifically, the issue before us is whether a six-year delay between the imposition of a...
State of Ohio v. Nemeth - 6/24/1998
[Cite as State v. Nemeth (1998), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.]
Criminal law - Murder - Evidence - Evid.R. 702 - Expert testimony regarding battered child syndrome in support of a claim of self-defense is admissible.
Submitted...
State v. Sawicki - 6/24/1998
REECE, Judge.
Appellant David Sawicki appeals from the judgment and sentence of the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas.
On November 10, 1996, while serving a sentence for commission of a first-degree felony at the...
Conley-Slowinski v. Superior Spinning & Stamping Co - 6/19/1998
HANDWORK, Presiding Judge.
This accelerated appeal is from the November 25, 1997 judgment of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, which granted summary judgment to Superior Spinning & Stamping Company and appellee James...
City of Bay Village v. Pshock - 6/18/1998
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
Defendant-appellant Theodore E. Pshock (d.o.b. September 30, 1965) appeals from the trial court's order denying his pre-trial motion to suppress evidence. For the reasons adduced below, we affirm.
A...
State v. Deters - 6/12/1998
GORMAN, Judge.
In a single assignment of error, the state appeals from the trial court's order granting defendant-appellee Stephen Deters's motion to suppress the results oscertain sobriety tests conducted by Ohio Department of...
State v. Pierson - 6/5/1998
FAIN, Judge.
Defendant-appellant, Steven Karl Pierson, appeals from his conviction and sentence for trafficking, in the vicinity of a juvenile, and for carrying a concealed weapon. Pierson contends that the trial court erred by...
State v. Ridenour - 6/3/1998
SLABY, Presiding Judge.
Defendant, Steven H. Ridenour, appeals from the sentence imposed by the Summit County Court of Common Pleas for his conviction for domestic violence. We affirm.
On May 27, 1997, pursuant to a plea...
State v. Knaff - 5/29/1998
MARIANNA BROWN BETTMAN, Judge.
Defendant-appellant Jarron Knaff appeals from his conviction and sentence on one count of failure to comply with the order of a police officer, a fourth-degree felony.
On November 14,...
Sopkovich v. Ohio Edison Co. - 5/13/1998
Douglas, J.
The question that has been certified for our consideration is: "For purposes of determining when a property owner owes a duty of care to an employee of an independent contractor, does the property owner...
State v. Long - 4/22/1998
STEPHENSON, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal by the state of Ohio pursuant to Crim.R. 12(J) and R.C. 2945.67 from a judgment entered by the Common Pleas Court of Ross County, Ohio, ordering the suppression of evidence that...
Barnett v. Ohio Adult Parole Authority - 4/22/1998
[Cite as Barnett v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. (1998), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.]
Criminal procedure - Revocation of parole - Mandamus to compel Ohio Adult Parole Authority and relator's prison warden to release him from custody denied,...
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