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. Cook - 4/12/1991
Per Curiam.
This is an appeal from a December 12, 1989 judgment entry of the Bowling Green Municipal Court in which appellant, John T. Cook, was found guilty of the charge of driving under suspension and guilty of the charge of...
Elyria v. Tress - 4/10/1991
BAIRD, Presiding Judge.
This cause comes before the court upon the appeal of Martin E. Tress from his convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol, R.C. 4511.19(A)(1), and resisting arrest, R.C. 2921.33(A). Shortly...
State v. Clary - 4/9/1991
PETREE, Judge.
Defendant Charles Clary was convicted by a jury in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas of the crime of rape. Defendant asserts the following assignments of error:
"I. Appellant was denied effective...
State v. Clites - 4/2/1991
NADER, Judge.
This appeal is from the trial court's decision, finding appellant, William Clites, guilty of driving under suspension in violation of R.C. 4507.02, and was submitted to this court on the briefs of counsel. ...
Cline v. Finney - 3/28/1991
WHITESIDE, Judge.
Defendants, Robert C. Finney, executor of the estate of Viola Robinson, et al., appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Division of Probate, and raise a single assignment of error,...
State v. Gabriel - 3/12/1991
RADCLIFFE, Judge.
In the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, a jury found defendant-appellant, Emmett Gabriel, guilty of five counts of involuntary manslaughter and five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide. The trial...
State v. Forbes - 3/8/1991
MILLIGAN, Judge.
The defendant-appellant, Gregory L. Forbes ("defendant"), was charged with, inter alia, DUI, Coshocton Ordinance 75.01(A)(1), a mirror image of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1) (operating under the influence); and Coshocton...
State - 3/5/1991
NAHRA, Presiding Judge:
In 1982, relator, Joseph Pontius Martinelli, was convicted of the murder of Gary Andrew Buchwald and sentenced to fifteen years to life. After exhausting his direct appeals, Martinelli commenced this...
State v. Long - 12/28/1990
GRADY, Judge.
Defendant-appellant, Patricia K. Long, was arrested and charged on May 21, 1989, with a violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1), driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The form of complaint filed by the...
State v. Giegel - 12/12/1990
CIRIGLIANO, Judge.
This cause is before the court upon defendant Gregg Giegel's appeal from the sentencing passed by the Wadsworth Municipal Court following his convictions for driving while intoxicated, R.C. 4511.19(A)(1). We...
Stout v. McCullion - 11/27/1990
WHITESIDE, Judge.
Petitioner, Todd Stout, appeals a decision of the Franklin County Municipal Court which affirmed the one-year suspension of petitioner's driver's license for refusal to submit to a breath-alcohol-content test...
In re Washburn - 10/31/1990
THOMAS F. BRYANT, Judge.
This is a consolidated appeal by Ryan Washburn from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Wyandot County, Juvenile Division, finding him to be a juvenile traffic offender.
Shortly after...
State v. Riley - 9/24/1990
Per Curiam.
This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas.
Plaintiff-appellant, the state of Ohio, appeals the dismissal of drug abuse charges against defendant-appellee,...
Middletown v. Campbell - 9/17/1990
HENDRICKSON, Judge.
Defendant-appellant, Shirley Campbell, appeals her convictions in Middletown Municipal Court for vehicular homicide and failure to discharge children to a place of safety. We affirm.
On September 14,...
State v. MacCracken - 9/12/1990
CACIOPPO, Judge.
Defendant-appellant William MacCracken was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1), operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited breath-alcohol content in violation...
State v. Lewis - 9/5/1990
LYNCH, Judge.
Appellant, James C. Lewis, appealed his conviction by a jury for carrying a concealed weapon, in violation of R.C. 2923.12.
On April 23, 1988, appellant was driving from Rome, Ohio, where he had been plowing...
DDDJ - 8/30/1990
McCORMAC, Judge.
Appellant, DDDJ, Inc., appeals from the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas affirming the order of appellee, Liquor Control Commission, suspending appellant's liquor permit for two days and...
State v. Catlin - 7/10/1990
Fain, J.
Defendant-appellant Oscar Catlin appeals from his conviction and sentence for felonious assault, with a firearm specification. Catlin contends that the trial court erred by refusing to give an instruction that Catlin...
State v. Foureman - 6/18/1990
HENDRICKSON, Judge.
This is an appeal by defendant-appellant, David C. Foureman, from a decision of the Eaton Municipal Court suspending his driver's license for one year following a conviction for failure to drive within...
State v. Myers - 6/8/1990
STEPHENSON, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the Marietta Municipal Court sustaining a motion to suppress filed by Gary E. Myers, defendant below and appellee herein. The state of Ohio, plaintiff below and...
State v. Bresson - 5/30/1990
ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.
The HGN test is used by an increasing number of law enforcement agencies across the country as an additional means to determine probable cause as to whether a person is operating a vehicle under...
State v. Morlock - 5/16/1990
CACIOPPO, Judge.
James O. Morlock was charged with violating R.C. 4511.19(A)(1), 4511.19(A)(3) and 4511.31. Prior to trial, Morlock moved to suppress any statements obtained in violation of his constitutional rights and to...
Akron v. Springston - 5/16/1990
CACIOPPO, Presiding Judge.
An Akron police officer discovered Mitchell Springston in a pick-up truck which was involved in a single-vehicle accident. Springston was injured and disoriented. The officer detected an odor of...
State v. Henderson - 5/9/1990
H. BROWN, J.
The court below reversed appellee's conviction and entered a judgment of acquittal on the ground that Deputy White's arrest of appellee was illegal. For the reasons which follow, we find that the arrest was...
Doyle v. Ohio Bur. of Motor Vehicles - 5/9/1990
ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.
The issue before this court is whether Ohio Adm. Code 4501:1-1-16(3)(1) violates the due course of law provision of Section 16, Article I of the Ohio Constitution. Our determination of this issue...
State v. LePard - 12/8/1989
GLASSER, J.
This matter is before the court on appeal from a judgment of the Port Clinton Municipal Court.
Defendant-appellant, Daniel D. LePard, was arrested at 11:45 p.m. on July 2, 1988. At the time of his arrest,...
In re Appeal of Suspension of Huffer from Circleville High School - 11/22/1989
DOUGLAS, J.
The first issue before us is whether this case is moot since Huffer has graduated from high school.
In State, ex rel. The Repository, v. Unger (1986), 28 Ohio St.3d 418, 420, 28 OBR 472, 474, 504...
State v. Brown - 11/20/1989
CHRISTLEY, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal from the Portage County Common Pleas Court. Appellant, Robert Eugene Brown, was indicted on a charge of intimidation of a witness in violation of R.C. 2921.04 with specifications...
State v. Dvorak - 10/11/1989
Per Curiam.
Defendant-appellant, Don Dvorak, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, R.C. 4511.19(A)(1); operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited breath-alcohol content, R.C. 4511.19(A)(3); and speeding,...
State v. Hooker - 9/29/1989
ABOOD, Judge.
This is an appeal from the March 1, 1989 judgment of the Sylvania Municipal Court granting defendant-appellee Kathleen Hooker's motion to suppress evidence and to dismiss the complaint.
Plaintiff-appellant,...
State v. Ruegsegger - 9/28/1989
MLLLIGAN, Judge.
On defendant's no contest plea, the New Philadelphia Municipal Court found defendant guilty of driving while intoxicated. R.C. 4511.19(A)(3). Defendant assigns as error:
"The trial court erred in ruling...
State v. Yackley - 6/14/1989
H. BROWN, J.
The sole question is whether under R.C. 2953.31 et seq., prior to the 1984 amendment, a conviction for violating R.C. 4511.19 barred the expungement of the record of a conviction of another criminal offense....
State v. Woodring - 5/22/1989
CHRISTLEY, Presiding Judge.
This is an accelerated calendar case.
On November 12, 1987, appellee Judy C. Woodring was involved in a two-car accident at the intersection of Summit and Herriff Roads in Ravenna, Portage...
State v. Butler - 5/10/1989
MOYER, C.J.
The sole issue presented is whether a defendant who pleads guilty to unlawful possession of a dangerous ordnance under R.C. 2923.17(A) is eligible for probation pursuant to R.C. 2951.02(F)(3).
In State...
State v. Farris - 4/28/1989
ABOOD, Judge.
This cause is before the court on appeal from a judgment of the Port Clinton Municipal Court, in which defendant-appellant, Robert B. Farris, was found guilty of a violation of R.C. 4511.19(A) (3), operating a...
Brandenburger v. Hilti - 3/27/1989
KRUPANSKY, P.J.
Plaintiff Richard Brandenburger filed a complaint in Cuyahoga County Common PleasCourt, case number 81269, against defendant Hilti, Inc. Plaintiff's second amended complaint alleged: (1) breach of an implied...
Bowling Green v. Andrews - 3/3/1989
Per Curiam.
This matter is before the court on appeal from the April 19, 1988 judgment of the Bowling Green Municipal Court sentencing appellant, Kent S. Andrews, after a jury found him guilty of violating Bowling Green...
Columbus v. Robbins - 2/28/1989
McCORMAC, Presiding Judge.
Defendant-appellant, Robert A. Robbins, was charged with speeding, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, and operating a motor vehicle while having a blood-alcohol count above .10,...
State v. Marinik - 2/1/1989
Baird, P.J.
Defendant-appellant, Christopher Marinik, was indicted oscharges of aggravated vehicular homicide in violation of R.C. 2903.06(A), involuntary manslaughter in violation of R.C. 2903.04(B), leaving the scene of an...
State v. Runnels - 1/23/1989
John V. Corrigan, J.
An indictment was returned against the defendant-appellant Pennie Runnels, charging her with one count of aggravated vehicular homicide, in violation of R.C. 2903.06, with four specifications, including a...
State v. Reymann - 1/4/1989
Cacioppo, J.
Defendant-appellant, Jerry Reymann, appeals his convictiosfor failing to stop after an accident to exchange identity and vehicle registration ("hit-skip"), in violation of Akron City Code Section 73.30, a...
State v. Anderson - 1/4/1989
Per Curiam.
On April 16, 1988, Thomas R. Anderson, defendant-appellant, was traveling on Route 42 in a township within the territorial jurisdiction of the Medina Municipal Court, where he struck an oncoming highway patrol unit....
Cleveland v. Ramsey - 12/27/1988
Per Curiam.
Defendant, Beverly Ramsey, appeals a judgment of direcscontempt rendered against her in her capacity as keeper of the Mount Sinai Medical Hospital records in Cleveland Municipal Court case No. 88-TRD-5840AB. The...
Newark v. Lucas - 12/21/1988
LOCHER, J.
The issue presented in this action is whether appellee's blood results were properly suppressed by the trial court when the sole basis for suppression was that the blood was not withdrawn within two hours of...
Tallmadge v. DeGraft-Biney - 11/16/1988
WRIGHT, J.
The issue certified herein is whether a jury demand pursuant to Crim. R. 23(A) is timely filed when it is filed not less than ten days before the actual trial (after continuance of the trial date), even though...
Columbus v. Taylor - 10/26/1988
LOCHER, J.
The primary issue presented in this action is whether appellee's conviction for violating Section 2133.01(b)(2) of the Columbus City Code was proper. We hold that he was properly convicted and, accordingly,...
Chagrin Falls v. Katelanos - 10/11/1988
Markus, J.
Apparently pursuant to a plea bargain, the defendant, Peter Katelanos, pled no contest to driving with an excessive blood-alcohol content, and the prosecution dismissed charges of driving while intoxicated and...
State v. Walden - 8/5/1988
COLE, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence of the defendant-appellant, Gregory Walden, by the Municipal Court of Defiance, for the offense of driving while under the influence of alcohol in violation...
State v. Collier - 7/29/1988
GREY, P.J.
This is an appeal from the Washington County Court of Common Pleas. Appellant, Collier, was convicted of grand theft in 1982, given a suspended sentence of one to five years, and put on five years, probation. In 1987...
State v. McCaig - 6/30/1988
Per Curiam.
This appeal results from appellant's conviction in the Bowling Green Municipal Court following a plea of no contest to the charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. Appellant, Dale J. McCaig, was involved in...
State v. Qualls - 6/23/1988
WHITESIDE, P.J.
Defendant, Robert Qualls, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas and raises two assignments of error as follows:
"1. The trial court erred in proceeding with...
Great Central Ins. Co. v. Tobias - 6/8/1988
HOLMES, J.
The issue before us is whether the facts presented below were sufficient to state a cause of action under the existing law of this state. Because we find the court of appeals inappropriately expanded our...
State v. Ebright - 4/15/1988
Per Curiam.
This cause is on appeal from a judgment of the Port Clinton Municipal Court.
Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal asserting the following assignments of error:
"1. The Court erred in finding that...
State v. Feasel - 3/29/1988
EVANS, J.
This is an appeal by defendant, David A. Feasel, from a judgment by the Municipal Court of Tiffin, Ohio, overruling defendant's motion to suppress certain evidence.
The pertinent facts are as follows:
At...
Faulkner v. Mayfield - 3/25/1988
GREY, P.J.
This is an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County. The appellant appeals from an administrative body that denied his participation in the Workers' Compensation Fund. We reverse and remand.
The...
State v. Breedlove - 3/16/1988
BLACK, P.J.
We dismiss this appeal sua sponte for lack of jurisdiction. The record on appeal does not contain a final appealable order in the form required by Crim. R. 32(B), which reads in full:
"A judgment of conviction...
State v. Burton - 2/5/1988
Per Curiam.
This case is before the court on direct appeal from a decision of the Norwalk Municipal Court. The facts giving rise to this case are as follows.
On January 9, 1987, defendant-appellant, Joseph D. Burton, was...
Kromenacker v. Blystone - 12/31/1987
CONNORS, J.
This case arises from a jury verdict in favor of appellee, William J. Blystone, and arises from a personal injury claim brought in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas by appellants, Jeffrey M. Kromenacker and...
State v. Hartman - 11/16/1987
Per Curiam.
This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the Eaton Municipal Court of Preble County.
This is an appeal by defendant-appellant, David Hartman, from his conviction for speeding. According to an agreed...
Schreiber v. Multimedia of Ohio - 10/21/1987
Per Curiam.
This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County.
Defendants-appellants Multimedia of Ohio, Inc., Dave Robinson and Richard Venn (collectively, "defendants") have...
State v. Beckwith - 9/21/1987
RIGGS, J.
This is an accelerated calendar case involving an appeal from the judgment of the Painesville Municipal Court, finding appellant guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol and of driving with a concentration of...
Wadsworth v. Gairing - 9/2/1987
GEORGE, J.
Defendant-appellant, Daniel R. Gairing, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a prohibited blood-alcohol level. Wadsworth Code Section 333.01(A). On the first day of his jury trial...
State v. McKinnon - 8/26/1987
GEORGE, J.
At about 3:00 p.m. on March 29, 1986, a car driven by defendant-appellant, James P. McKinnon, swerved across the center line osRoute 303 in Richfield Township and struck an oncoming car. The driver of the other...
State v. Ginocchio - 8/3/1987
Per Curiam.
This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the County Court of Clermont County.
On August 23, 1986, Trooper James Adams of the Ohio State Highway Patrol was outside his cruiser on a traffic stop on the...
State v. O'Leary - 7/31/1987
Per Curiam.
This cause is before the court on appeal from a judgment of the Maumee Municipal Court.
On February 20, 1983, defendant-appellant, Thomas J. O'Leary, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence...
State v. Brandenburg - 7/29/1987
FAIN, J.
At approximately 2:30 a.m. on November 6, 1986, an Ohio State Trooper clocked the defendant-appellant, Kenneth Brandenburg, traveling fifty-six miles per hour in a posted thirty-five-miles-per-hour zone on Dixie Drive....
State v. Daugherty - 7/13/1987
PUTMAN, P.J.
This is an appeal from a sentence entered following a conviction of driving under the influence, R.C. 4511.19(A)(1), dealing with adverse effect upon the ability to drive.
The state highway patrolman who...
State v. Tate - 7/1/1987
CHRISTLEY, J.
Defendant-appellant, Frank J. Tate, was arrested by a sergeant of the Ohio State Highway Patrol on November 3, 1985 under the following circumstances. On routine patrol, the State Highway Patrol officer noticed...
State v. Sampson - 6/25/1987
REILLY, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Defendant was indicted on one count of aggravated vehicular homicide (R.C. 2903.06) with a specification alleging physical harm....
State v. Boysaw - 6/23/1987
BROGAN, J.
The instant action involves three separate cases which have been consolidated for our consideration. The issue involved in the consolidated appeal is set forth in appellant's brief as follows:
"The court below...
State v. Wright - 6/16/1987
WOLFF, J.
At about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 24, 1986, Stephen M. Wright drove his automobile off the right side of the road and struck a parked car in the rear. Miami Township Patrolman Nicholas Foote arrived on the scene...
State v. Fox - 5/13/1987
Per Curiam.
Gretchen P. Fox appeals her jury trial conviction and sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. She claims the jury was improperly informed that she had a prior conviction for the same offense...
State v. Hilderbrand - 5/4/1987
WOLFF, J.
Dale A. Hilderbrand entered pleas of guilty to charges that he violated R.C. 4511.19(A)(1) and (A) (3). He was sentenced to six months' incarceration and fined $1000 and costs. All but three days of the jail sentence,...
State v. Flors - 4/27/1987
MARKUS, C.J.
The defendant appeals from his jury trial convictions for bribery, falsification, and tampering with public records. His seven assigned errors challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, the court's sentence, the...
State v. Downey - 3/31/1987
McCORMAC, J.
Mary Ann Downey, defendant-appellant, was charged with two counts of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, both from the same incident, as well as speeding. Her motion to suppress the results of...
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