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. Burnett - 1/7/2005
{ } The State of Ohio appeals from the judgment of the Darke County Common Pleas Court wherein the court dismissed the indictment charging Bobby J. Burnett of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol having been...
City of Cleveland Heights v. Schwabauer - 1/6/2005
{ } Defendant-appellant Matthew Schwabauer ("appellant") appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying his motion to suppress the evidence and finding him guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of...
State v. Curd - 12/30/2004
{ } Appellant, Christopher R. Curd, appeals from a judgment of the Lake County Court of Common Pleas, sentencing him to ten years imprisonment for his conviction on one count of rape, a felony in the first degree, in violation of...
State v. Fraley - 12/30/2004
Criminal law -- Sentencing -- R.C. 2929.19(B)(5) and 2929.15(B) -- Trial court must notify offender at sentencing hearing of the specific prison term that may be imposed if the offender violates community control sanctions -- Trial...
State v. Hartsock - 12/17/2004
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
{ } This is an appeal from a judgment of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas. Defendant-appellant, Billy Ray Hartsock, entered a plea of no contest to, and was found guilty of, two counts of...
State v. Lee - 12/16/2004
{ } Defendant-appellant, Conswella D. Lee, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas convicting her of murder and tampering with evidence and sentencing her accordingly. For the following reasons, we affirm...
State v. McCoy - 12/14/2004
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
{ } Appellant, the State of Ohio, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting the expungement application of appellee, David R. McCoy. Because the trial court...
State v. Gunn - 12/13/2004
{ } Defendant-appellant, Frederick Gunn, appeals the decision of the Madison County Municipal Court denying his motion to suppress evidence in a DUI case. We affirm the municipal court's decision.
{ } In June 2003, appellant...
State v. Nicholson - 12/13/2004
{ } Defendant-appellant, A. Kelleen Nicholson, appeals the decision of the Warren County Court denying her motion to suppress evidence obtained from breath-alcohol and field sobriety tests in a DUI case. We affirm.
{ } On June...
State v. Moore - 12/10/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
{ } Appellant Larry L. Moore appeals his conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol, in the Municipal Court of Coshocton County. The relevant facts leading to this appeal are as follows.
{ }...
State v. Hofmann - 12/10/2004
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
{ } James Hofmann appeals his sentence from Erie County Court of Common Pleas. Although the sentencing court made appropriate findings to support the sentence and granted appellant his right of...
State v. Smith - 12/9/2004
{ } Defendant-appellant, Tyrone Smith, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas convicting him, following a jury trial, of voluntary manslaughter with a firearm specification. Defendant sets forth the...
State v. Strawder - 12/9/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
{ } Appellant Elden B. Strawder was convicted on one count of driving under the influence ("DUI") in Carroll County Court. Prior to pleading no contest to the charge, Appellant filed a motion to suppress...
State v. Badock - 12/9/2004
On June 12, 2003, appellant was driving westbound in an eastbound lane and collided head-on with another motor vehicle, causing serious injuries to the occupants of that vehicle. The City of Cleveland ("City"), in Case No. 84163, charged...
State v. Stragisher - 12/8/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
{ } Defendant-appellant Christopher Stragisher appeals from his convictions and sentences entered by the Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. Appellant raises eight assignments of error dealing with...
State v. Combs - 12/7/2004
On May 9, 2003, at approximately 9:00 p.m., Debra Bateman telephoned the Ohio Highway Patrol and reported a possible "DUI" driver. Ms. Bateman provided the dispatcher with the license plate number, description and location of the vehicle....
State v. Kepford - 12/6/2004
On January 10, 2004, while on patrol in a police cruiser, Lt. Joseph Greathouse of the Bucyrus Police Department received a radio dispatch stating that a Hi-Miler gas station clerk had reported two persons occupying a Black Ford F-150...
State v. Montes - 12/3/2004
Appellant, Fernando Montes, appeals from a judgment of the Lake County Court of Common Pleas, denying his motion to suppress. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
{ } The record discloses the following facts. On November 1,...
State v. Winship - 11/30/2004
{ } The State of Ohio, plaintiff-appellant, appeals from the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas which granted the application of Adam S. Winship, defendant-appellee, for sealing of his criminal record under R.C....
State v. Embry - 11/29/2004
The state of Ohio appeals the decision of the Mason Municipal Court to suppress evidence of breath-alcohol and field testing in a DUI case. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
{ } On April 18, 2003, State Trooper Jeffrey...
City of Willoughby v. Mueller - 11/26/2004
Appellant, Jane L. Mueller, appeals the October 8, 2003 decision and entry of the Willoughby Municipal Court, Lake County, granting her driving privileges subject to compliance with the recommendations of her probation officer.
...
State v. Hall - 11/26/2004
This appeal is submitted to this court on the record and the briefs of the parties. Appellant, Gerald L. Hall, appeals the judgment entered by the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas. Hall was convicted of one count of driving under the...
City of Eastlake v. Pehar - 11/19/2004
This appeal arises from the Willoughby Municipal Court, wherein appellant, Brian Pehar ("Pehar"), pled guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol.
{ } The following facts were presented at the suppression hearing. At...
State v. Faul - 11/19/2004
Michael J. Faul appeals from his conviction and sentence in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court on one count of felony driving under the influence of alcohol.*fn1
{ } Faul advances three assignments of error on appeal. First,...
State v. Jones - 11/19/2004
Appellant, Stephanie S. Jones, appeals from the June 25, 2003 judgment entry of the Trumbull County Court, Central District, in which she was sentenced for driving under the influence ("DUI").
{ } On October 5, 2002, appellant...
State v. Pyle - 11/18/2004
Appellant was arrested for driving under the influence, in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1) ("OMVI"), and transported to the Coshocton County Sheriff's Office for a breath test. Appellant refused the test, was booked in, and placed in a...
State v. Bryan - 11/18/2004
Gerald Bryan appeals from an order denying a motion to suppress evidence presented supporting the charges of failure to comply with orders, in violation of R.C. 2921.331, and driving under the influence, in violation of R.C. 4511.19. After...
State v. Cline - 11/17/2004
This timely matter comes for consideration upon the record in the trial court and the parties' briefs. Appellant Larry Cline appeals the decision of the Monroe County Court overruling his motion to suppress and finding him guilty of a...
State v. Bonner - 11/15/2004
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal Appeals from Common Pleas Court.
JUDGMENTS: Judgments affirmed.
{ } Defendant-appellant, Michael K. Bonner, (hereinafter, "appellant"), appeals from the judgment of the Court of Common...
State v. Miller - 11/12/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
{ } Appellant Merle J. Miller appeals his conviction in the New Philadelphia Municipal Court on one count of driving under the influence in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A).
{ } Appellee is the State of...
City of Westlake v. Jordan - 11/10/2004
{ } Defendant-appellant, Mark Jordan, appeals from the judgment of the Rocky River Municipal Court denying his motion to suppress. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
{ } The record reflects that Jordan was charged with...
State v. Young - 11/5/2004
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
{ } This matter comes before the court on appeal from the Erie County Court of Common Pleas wherein appellant, Dionta Jesse Young, was found guilty by a jury of various drug offenses and tampering with...
State v. Seal - 11/5/2004
{ } William Seal ("Seal") appeals the July 7, 2003 judgment entry of the Mentor Municipal Court denying his motion to suppress. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the decision of the trial court in this matter.
{ } On...
State v. Lampe - 10/29/2004
{ } John W. Lampe is appealing the decision of the Kettering Municipal Court denying his motion to suppress the results of a breath test.
{ } On November 22, 2003, at approximately 11:26 p.m., Moraine police officer Kenneth...
State v. Douglas - 10/29/2004
DECISION.
{ } After entering a plea of no contest, defendant-appellant Amber Douglas was convicted of one count of driving under the influence of alcohol, a violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(6). After her arrest, Douglas filed a...
State v. Tomkalski - 10/22/2004
{ } Defendant-appellant, Gary R. Tomkalski ("Tomkalski"), appeals his conviction and sentence on one count of aggravated vehicular homicide, a second degree felony in violation of R.C. 2903.06(A)(1), and one count of driving with a...
State v. Butcher - 10/21/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
{ } Appellant Karen Butcher appeals her conviction, in the Holmes County Court of Common Pleas, for two counts of aggravated vehicular assault, one count of driving under the influence of alcohol, and one...
State v. Ambrosio - 10/20/2004
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 Jeffrey Ambrosio has appealed from the...
State v. Barrett - 10/18/2004
{ } On August 1, 2003, defendant-appellant, Thomas Barrett, pled no contest to one count of aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A)(1), and one count of driving under the influence of alcohol ("DUI") in violation...
State v. Butcher - 9/30/2004
Judgment: Reversed and Remanded.
{ } The state appeals the January 17, 2003 judgment entry of the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas terminating Robert Butcher's ("Butcher") sentence. For the reasons set forth below, we...
State v. Black - 9/30/2004
{ } This is an appeal by plaintiff-appellant, State of Ohio, from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, granting the application of defendant-appellee, Nicholle M. Black, to seal a record of conviction pursuant to...
State v. Glenn - 9/30/2004
{ } Appellant, Mark Glenn ("Glenn"), appeals his conviction of felonious assault, asserting as his sole assignment of error that his conviction was against the manifest weight of the evidence. For the following reasons, however, we...
State v. McDonald - 9/29/2004
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
CRIMINAL APPEAL FROM MUNICIPAL COURT
{ } This is an appeal from a Marietta Municipal Court judgment that overruled a motion to suppress evidence filed by Ryan C. McDonald, defendant below and...
State v. Miniard - 9/29/2004
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
{ } Michelle Miniard appeals the Gallia County Court of Common Pleas' decision finding her guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentencing her to nine years imprisonment. Miniard contends that the...
State v. Owens - 9/28/2004
{ } Defendant-appellant, Garry L. Owens (hereinafter "appellant"), appeals from the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas finding him not guilty of assault in violation of R.C. 2903.13, guilty of resisting arrest in...
State v. Devanna - 9/27/2004
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal Appeal from Common Pleas Court.
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed.
{ } Although originally placed on our accelerated calendar, we have elected, pursuant to Local Rule 12(5), to issue a full...
State v. Foster - 9/27/2004
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: Criminal Appeal from Municipal Court.
JUDGMENT: Judgment Affirmed.
{ } Defendant-Appellant, Cory C. Foster, appeals a judgment of the Napoleon Municipal Court, convicting him of operating a motor...
State v. Kiefer - 9/24/2004
DECISION.
Defendant-appellant, Robert B. Kiefer, appeals a conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol pursuant to R.C. 4511.19(A)(6). We find no merit in his two assignments of error, and we affirm his conviction. ...
State v. Chapa - 9/23/2004
{ } Katrina Chapa, defendant-appellant, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Municipal Court, in which the court found appellant guilty of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, a violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1) and...
State v. Mosley - 9/23/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
{ } This matter comes for consideration upon the record in the trial court, the parties' briefs, and oral arguments before this court. Appellant James Mosley appeals the decision of the trial court finding...
State v. Lytle - 9/22/2004
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, Richard E. Lytle, appeals from the decision of...
State v. Shaw - 9/21/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in Part. Reversed and Remanded in Part. Enhancement Penalties Vacated.
{ } This appeal arises from Appellant's conviction and sentencing following a jury trial in the Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas....
State v. Singer - 9/20/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
{ } On September 29, 2003, Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper W.P. Haymaker came upon an unoccupied vehicle in a ditch on Carmon Street in Perry Township, Ohio. Upon investigation, Trooper Haymaker followed...
State v. Bazil - 9/17/2004
Judgment: Affirmed.
{ } Appellant, William B. Bazil, III, appeals from a judgment of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, ordering him to return to the Lorain Correctional Institution ("Lorain") to complete his original...
City of Willoughby Hills v. Lynch - 9/17/2004
{ } Appellant, Timothy D. Lynch ("Lynch"), appeals the October 25, 2002 judgment entry of the Willoughby Municipal Court denying his motion to suppress. Subsequent to the lower court's denial of his motion to suppress, Lynch pled no...
State v. Scott-Hoover - 9/13/2004
JUDGMENT: Judgment Affirmed
. Petitioner-Appellant, Kelly Scott-Hoover, appeals a judgment of the Crawford County Court of Common Pleas, granting Respondent-Appellee's, the State of Ohio, motion for summary judgment, which...
State v. Burroughs - 9/8/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Sean Burroughs appeals the January 30, 2004 Judgment Entry of the Delaware Municipal Court, which denied appellant's counsel's motion to withdraw. Plaintiff-appellee is the State of...
State v. Redd - 9/3/2004
Rendered on the 3rd day of September, 2004.
. Defendant, Charles Redd, appeals from his conviction and sentence for failure to comply with an order of a police officer.
. On September 22, 2003, while driving on...
State v. Lloyd - 9/3/2004
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. James L. Lloyd appeals the Gallipolis Municipal Court decision finding him guilty of driving under the influence and driving left of center. Lloyd contends that his DUI conviction is against the...
State v. Blazek - 9/1/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. Defendant-appellant Cory Blazek appeals from his conviction in the Belmont County Court, Western Division. Blazek pleaded no contest to charges brought against him under R.C. 4511.19. The issues facing...
State v. Klein - 8/31/2004
.Defendant, Eric C. Klein, appeals the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas convicting him of driving while intoxicated in violation of R.C. 4511.19. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.
.On...
State v. Thomas - 8/30/2004
Plaintiff-appellant, the state of Ohio, appeals the decision of the Warren County Court of Common Pleas granting the motion to suppress of defendant-appellee, Robert Thomas. We reverse the common pleas court's decision.
In...
State v. Nicholson - 8/30/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Thomas David Nicholson appeals from the January 2, 2004, Judgment Entry of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas which overruled appellant's motion to withdraw a guilty plea.
...
State v. Fryman - 8/30/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Joseph H. Fryman appeals his conviction and sentence from the Ashland County Court of Common Pleas on one count of complicity to trafficking in marijuana, a fourth degree felony and one...
State v. Rector - 8/27/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant Mark Rector appeals from his conviction in the Delaware Municipal Court, Delaware County. The relevant facts leading to this appeal are as follows.
In the early morning hours of December...
State v. Williams - 8/26/2004
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
. Defendant-appellant, Dario Williams, a/k/a Damon Wick, appeals from the judgment of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, entered after a jury verdict, finding him guilty of obstructing official...
State v. Banks - 8/26/2004
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
. Defendant-appellant Carlton Banks, Jr. ("Banks") appeals the decision of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas to deny his motion to withdraw his guilty plea, and he appeals his sentence. Finding no...
City of Cleveland v. Sanders - 8/26/2004
JUDGMENT: Reversed and remanded.
. Defendant, Mark Sanders, appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress following a suppression hearing. Defendant was charged with driving under the influence, driving with a...
City of North Ridgeville v. Roth - 8/25/2004
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, Randolph Roth, appeals from his convictions in the...
State v. Phipps - 8/23/2004
JUDGMENT: Judgment Reversed and Cause Remanded
. Plaintiff-appellant, State of Ohio, appeals the decision of the Auglaize County Municipal Court holding that the Senate Bill No. 163 amendment to R.C. 4511.19, effective April...
State v. Davidson - 8/23/2004
DECISION & JUDGMENT ENTRY
. This is an appeal from a Chillicothe Municipal Court judgment of conviction and sentence. The appellant entered a guilty plea to the charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol in...
State v. Justen - 8/20/2004
Judgment: Affirmed.
. In this accelerated appeal, submitted on the record and briefs of the parties, appellant, Clark R. Justen ("Justen"), timely appeals from the judgment of the Willoughby Municipal Court, finding Justen...
State v. Byrd - 8/20/2004
Rendered on the 20th day of August, 2004.
. Defendant-appellant Randy Byrd appeals from consecutive sentences imposed following his negotiated plea of guilty to one count of Rape and one count of Sexual Battery. Byrd contends...
City of Bay Village v. Moore - 8/19/2004
JUDGMENT: DISMISSED AS MOOT
. Louis Moore appeals from a judgment of Rocky River Municipal Court Judge Maureen A. Gravens, who found him guilty of driving under the influence. He claims that the traffic stop which led to his...
State v. Raitz - 8/13/2004
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. The state of Ohio appeals the decision of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas that modified Robert Raitz's sentence and granted him occupational driving privileges. Because the trial court lacked...
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