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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City of North Olmsted v. Himes - 8/12/2004
JUDGMENT: REVERSED; CONVICTION VACATED.
. In this consolidated appeal, defendant-appellant, Robert A. Himes ("Himes"), appeals his reckless operation conviction. Finding merit to the appeal, we reverse.
. In February...
State - 8/11/2004
OPINION and JOURNAL ENTRY
JUDGMENT: Petition dismissed
. On May 25, 2004, Petitioner filed this action in mandamus and prohibition seeking an order to compel Respondent to take no further action to enforce collection of...
State v. Jones - 8/9/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. Appellant Kenneth A. Jones was convicted in Belmont County Court, Western Division, on one count of driving while under a license suspension in violation of R.C. §4507.02(D)(2), a first degree...
State v. Babel - 8/9/2004
Plaintiff-appellant, Gretchen Babel, appeals her conviction in the Butler County Area III Court for driving under the influence of alcohol ("DUI").
In the early hours of December 7, 2002, Officer Neil Schmitz of the West...
State v. Salter - 8/5/2004
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
. Defendant, James Salter, appeals his conviction for driving under the influence in violation of R.C. 4511.19. In the early hours of the morning, two police officers on patrol were waiting at a red light...
State v. Dingman - 8/4/2004
JUDGMENT: Reversed
On February 15, 2003, appellant, Richard Dingman, blew into a BAC Datamaster breath testing machine and tested .133. He was subsequently charged with driving under the influence in violation of R.C....
State v. Luse - 7/30/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
On June 1, 2003, appellant, William Luse, blew into a BAC Datamaster breath testing machine which registered an invalid sample. Approximately twenty minutes later, the process was repeated and appellant...
City of Kent v. Fuster - 7/30/2004
Judgment: Affirmed.
. Appellant, Dennis Fuster, appeals the judgment of the Portage County Municipal Court convicting him of driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of Kent Municipal Ordinance, section...
State v. Meechan - 7/28/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
This is an appeal from Appellant's conviction and sentence on one count of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1) and one count of possession of...
State v. White - 7/26/2004
Defendant-appellant, Joseph White, appeals his convictions in the Butler County Court of Common Pleas for driving both under the influence of alcohol ("DUI") and with a suspended driver's license ("DUS").
Appellant was...
State v. Stafford - 7/23/2004
OPINION.
Judgment Appealed From Is: Affirmed in Part, Sentence Vacated, and Cause Remanded
. Defendant-appellant Darrin Stafford appeals his conviction for aggravated vehicular homicide and three counts of vehicular...
State v. Hall - 7/22/2004
JUDGMENT : REVERSED AND REMANDED.
. The state appeals the decision of the trial court granting appellee's motion to suppress. On December 21, 2002, appellee, Mayshun Hall ("Hall"), was arrested for suspicion of driving while...
State v. Withrow - 7/13/2004
(REGULAR CALENDAR)
DECISION
.Plaintiff-appellant, State of Ohio, appeals from the September 19, 2003 entry of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas sealing the record of defendant-appellee, Peggy J. Withrow's...
State v. McDade - 7/12/2004
Defendant-appellants, Paul McDade and Robert McMurray, separately appeal their convictions in the Mason Municipal Court for driving while under the influence of alcohol ("DUI") in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1). Because appellants...
State v. Miller - 7/12/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Weldon Miller appeals his conviction and sentence from the Stark County Court of Common Pleas on two counts of domestic violence. Plaintiff-appellee is the State of Ohio.
STATEMENT...
State v. Newrones - 7/9/2004
Judgment: Reversed and remanded.
. This is an accelerated calendar case, submitted to this court on the record and the brief of appellant, the state of Ohio. Appellee, Tanya J. Newrones ("Newrones"), has not filed an appellate...
State v. Mercadante - 7/8/2004
JUDGMENT: Vacated and Remanded.
. Appellant Vickie L. Mercadante appeals from her guilty plea to a fourth degree felony charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol. Mercadante assigns the following errors for our...
State v. Williamson - 7/6/2004
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed.
. Plaintiff-appellant the State of Ohio ("the State") brings this appeal from the judgment of the Crawford County Municipal Court granting defendant-appellee William Williamson's ("Williamson")...
State v. Bonds - 7/1/2004
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
. Defendant-appellant, Marsha Bonds ("Bonds"), appeals the trial court's decision to enhance her conviction from a misdemeanor to a felony. Finding no merit to the appeal, we affirm.
. In November...
State v. Braniger - 6/30/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-Appellant, Thomas A. Braniger ("appellant"), appeals from the judgment entered in the Coshocton Municipal Court overruling his motion to modify his sentence for one count of failure to comply, a...
State v. Adams - 6/30/2004
. Appellant, Stanley T. Adams, appeals from the December 11, 2000 judgment entry of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, in which appellant was convicted and sentenced for murder and rape.
. On March 16, 2000, appellant...
State v. Haynes - 6/30/2004
. The following is an accelerated calendar appeal submitted on the briefs of both parties. Appellant, Jeffery Haynes, appeals from judgment of the Conneaut Municipal Court, Ashtabula County, finding him guilty of operating a vehicle...
State v. Collins - 6/30/2004
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. This is an appeal from a Gallia County Common Pleas Court judgment of conviction and sentence. The jury found Joseph R. Collins, defendant below and appellant herein, guilty of escape, in violation...
State v. Dalton - 6/30/2004
Rendered on the 30th day of June, 2004.
. Michael Dalton is appealing the judgment of the Greene County Common Pleas Court, which found him guilty of two counts of aggravated possession of drugs and one count of illegal...
State v. Sallaz - 6/30/2004
. This matter involves the appeal of a probation revocation entered by the Newton Falls Municipal Court of Trumbull County. Appellant, Randall J. Sallaz, summarily challenges the proceedings, claiming his rights to due process were...
State v. Baloh - 6/30/2004
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, Stephen J. Baloh, appeals the judgment of the...
City of Middletown v. Mullins - 6/28/2004
Defendant-appellant, Edward Mullins, appeals his conviction in the Middletown Municipal Court for driving while intoxicated. We affirm the conviction.
On March 15, 2003, Middletown Police Officer Andy Warrick, responding to...
State v. Brock - 6/28/2004
Defendant-appellant, Gregory Dean Brock, appeals his convictions in the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas for nonsupport of dependents. We affirm the convictions.
Appellant is the father of Hanna Brock, born June 13,...
State v. Buckhanon - 6/24/2004
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED.
. Defendant Reginald Buckhanon pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated vehicular assault and one count of driving while under the influence. The court sentenced Buckhanon to consecutive terms of 15 and...
State v. Dennis - 6/24/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Michael S. Dennis appeals his conviction and sentence in the Knox County Municipal Court on one count of speeding in violation of R.C. 4511.21 (C). The plaintiff-appellee is the State of...
State v. Hall - 6/23/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant, Cynthea A. Hall, appeals from her conviction and sentence in the Ashland Municipal Court, for one count of Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence, a misdemeanor of the...
City of Aurora v. Kosco - 6/18/2004
Judgment: Affirmed.
. Appellant, Daniel M. Kosco, appeals the July 14, 2003 judgment entry of the Portage County Municipal Court, Kent Division, in which he was sentenced and fined for driving with a prohibited breath alcohol...
State v. Gozdan - 6/18/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed in part; Reversed in part and Remanded.
. Defendant-appellant Daniel Gozdan appeals his conviction in the Carroll County Court for violating R.C. 4511.19(A)(1) and (4), driving under the influence of...
State v. Herbst - 6/18/2004
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. Roger Herbst appeals his conviction from the Toledo Municipal Court for driving under the influence of alcohol. Because the prosecution did not introduce evidence at the suppression hearing that...
State v. Hudson - 6/18/2004
Rendered on the 18th day of June, 2004.
. Defendant-appellant Merle Hudson appeals from his conviction and sentence for Possession of Cocaine, to which he pled no contest after the trial court denied his motion to suppress...
State v. Singh - 6/18/2004
JUDGMENT: Conviction Affirmed; Prison Sentence Vacated and Modified to Community Control.
. Defendant-appellant Paramjit Singh appeals from the conviction and sentence entered in the Columbiana County Common Pleas Court after...
State v. Moore - 6/17/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. Defendant-appellant Robert R. Moore appeals from his conviction in Mahoning County Court No. 5 for following too close, a violation of R.C. 4511.34; reckless operation, a violation of R.C. 4511.20; marked...
State v. Ellis - 6/17/2004
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED
. This cause came on to be heard upon the accelerated calendar pursuant to App.R. 11.1 and Loc.R. 11.1, the trial court records, and briefs of counsel.
. Plaintiff-appellant State of Ohio ("state") is...
State v. Hoder - 6/16/2004
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 Hans L. Hoder has appealed from a decision...
State v. Snyder - 6/15/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. Defendant-Appellant Bryan L. Snyder pleaded no contest to one count of DUI in violation of R.C. §4511.19(A), a first degree misdemeanor, and one count of driving with a loud exhaust in violation of R.C....
State v. Kirk - 6/14/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction after a plea of no contest and sentencing under R.C. §4511.19(A)(1) subsequent to a denial of a motion to suppress appellant's arrest and the field sobriety...
State v. Vermillion - 6/14/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction after a trial by jury and sentencing under R.C. §4511.19(A)(1) subsequent to a denial of a motion to suppress appellant's arrest and the field sobriety tests....
State v. Moyar - 6/14/2004
JUDGMENT: Judgment affirmed.
. Defendant-appellant James Moyar (hereinafter "Moyar") appeals the judgment of the Auglaize County Court of Common Pleas finding him guilty of Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence...
State v. Davis - 6/14/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Richard Davis appeals his conviction and sentence from the Stark County Court of Common Pleas on one count of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs....
State v. Downs - 6/11/2004
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Bowling Green Municipal Court, finding a defendant guilty of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol after a no contest plea. Because we...
State v. Dunham - 6/10/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. Defendant-appellant Ray E. Dunham appeals the sentences imposed upon him by the Jefferson County Common Pleas Court after he pled guilty to three offenses. This court must determine whether the trial...
State v. Mihelarakis - 6/10/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. This is an appeal of a conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol ("DUI"). Appellant William Mihelarakis argues that there was no probable cause to make the traffic stop which eventually...
State v. Stanley - 6/7/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. Appellant Martha D. Stanley pleaded no contest in East Liverpool Municipal Court to one count of vehicular homicide. Appellant struck a motorcycle, killing the passenger on the motorcycle, Cynthia D....
State v. Burgins - 6/4/2004
. This timely appeal comes for consideration upon the record in the trial court and the parties' briefs. Appellant Kimberly Jo Burgins appeals the decision of the County Court, District #2, Jefferson County, Ohio, convicting her of...
State v. Barnhouse - 6/2/2004
Criminal law - Penalties and sentencing - Trial court may not impose consecutive jail sentences under R.C. 2929.16(A)(2).
Submitted January 13, 2004
. The issue presented in this case is whether a trial court may...
State v. Chudzik - 5/28/2004
Judgment: Affirmed.
. Appellant, Gregory A. Chudzik, appeals from the December 16, 2002 judgment entry of the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, Eastern Division, in which he was sentenced for driving under the influence...
State v. Zukas - 5/28/2004
Judgment: Affirmed.
. Appellant, Lawrence P. Zukas, II, appeals from his conviction by the Portage County Court of Common Pleas for carrying a concealed handgun, in violation of R.C. 2923.12, a fourth degree felony. For the...
State v. Adkins - 5/25/2004
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. Pamela L. Adkins appeals her conviction in the Gallipolis Municipal Court for driving under the influence in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1), driving with a suspended license in violation of City of...
State v. Beghin - 5/24/2004
JUDGMENT: REVERSED AND REMANDED
This case arises from a denial of a motion to suppress, with a subsequent no-contest plea to Driving Under the Influence, R.C. §4511.19(A)(1)(a)(3), Driving Under Suspension/Revocation, R.C....
State v. Norwood - 5/21/2004
Judgment: Affirmed.
. This is an accelerated calendar appeal submitted on the briefs of the parties. Appellant, Leonard R. Norwood, appeals from a judgment of the Mentor Municipal Court finding him guilty of obstructing...
State v. Schlegel - 5/17/2004
JUDGMENT: Reversed and remanded
This is an appeal from Appellant Colin R. Schlegel's conviction and sentence on one count of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, in violation of R.C. §4511.19(A)(3)...
State v. Weber - 5/14/2004
. Erin Weber ("Weber") appeals the May 19, 2003 judgment entry of the Mentor Municipal Court denying her motion to suppress. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the decision of the trial court in this matter.
. At...
State v. Langley - 5/14/2004
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from the judgment of the Sandusky County Court of Common Pleas which, following a jury trial, found appellant, Douglas S. Langley, guilty of murder, with a firearm specification, in...
State v. Williams - 5/14/2004
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
This is an appeal from the Ottawa County Municipal Court, which denied appellant Cheryl Williams's appeal of her administrative license suspension ("ALS"). For the following reasons, we reverse the...
State v. Uselton - 5/12/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Defendant-appellant Benjamin Whitney Uselton appeals his conviction and sentence in the Ashland County Court of Common Pleas. Plaintiff-appellee is the State of Ohio.
STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND CASE ...
State v. Crothers - 5/10/2004
Appellant, Dallas Crothers, appeals a decision of the Clinton County Municipal Court denying his motion to suppress evidence of blood alcohol testing after he was charged with driving under the influence.
At 1:43 a.m. on...
State v. Linz - 5/10/2004
Defendant-appellant, Christopher Linz, appeals a decision of the Clinton County Municipal Court denying his motion to suppress evidence of his breath testing after he was charged with driving under the influence.
At...
State v. Johnson - 5/3/2004
Defendant-appellant, Alan Johnson, appeals from a Clermont County Court of Common Pleas jury trial finding him guilty of driving under the influence ("DUI") in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1), driving under suspension in violation of...
State v. Zima - 4/28/2004
Criminal law - Principles of double jeopardy do not apply to bar successive prosecutions for the offense of driving under the influence in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A) and the offense of aggravated vehicular assault under R.C....
State v. Short - 4/23/2004
DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY
. This is an appeal from a sentence imposed by the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas. Glen Short, appellant, pled guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide, a violation of R.C. 2903.06. Because his...
City of Brook Park v. French - 4/22/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed.
. Defendant-appellant Kenneth French ("appellant") appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying his motion to suppress and the jury verdict finding him guilty of driving under the influence,...
State v. Edgerton - 4/16/2004
Judgment: Affirmed.
. Appellant, Leon B. Edgerton, appeals the judgment entered by the Lake County Court of Common Pleas. Edgerton was sentenced to a total of three years in prison for his convictions for vehicular assault and...
State v. Johnson - 4/16/2004
Rendered on the 16th day of April, 2004.
. Defendant, Joseph Johnson, appeals from his conviction and sentence for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. ("OMVI").
. Officer Robbie Graham is a...
State v. Mink - 4/14/2004
Submitted January 13, 2004
. In this appeal, defendant-appellant, Scott A. Mink, appeals from his convictions and death sentence for the aggravated murders of his parents, William and Sheila Mink.
. The evidence at trial...
State v. Denney - 4/12/2004
JUDGMENT: Affirmed
Appellant James Denney appeals his conviction, in the Fairfield County Municipal Court, for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. The following facts give rise to this appeal. ...
State v. Strausser - 3/31/2004
JUDGMENT: Reversed. Conviction Vacated.
. This matter comes for consideration upon the record in the trial court and the parties' briefs. Appellant Joseph Strausser appeals the decision of the trial court denying his motion to...
State v. Robinson - 3/29/2004
Appellant Andrew Scott Robinson appeals the decision of the Canton Municipal Court that denied his motion to suppress. The following facts give rise to this appeal.
On March 22, 2003, Jeffrey Yarian, an enforcement agent...
State v. Clark - 3/26/2004
DECISION
Judgment Appealed From Is: Affirmed
. In this, his third appeal, defendant-appellant Jeffrey Allen Clark appeals his second resentencing for robbery. (He was originally also sentenced for other offenses of which...
State v. Norris - 3/26/2004
Rendered on the 26th day of March, 2004.
. Vonda F. Norris appeals from her conviction in the Champaign County Municipal Court of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol in violation of R.C....
State v. Brand - 3/26/2004
Judgment Appealed From Is: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part, and Cause Remanded
. After a car accident, defendant-appellee Sharon D. Brand was cited for driving under the influence, failure to stop after an accident, ...
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