The city of Goodlettsville recently settled with a driver who was wrongfully charged with DUI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio). The settlement was reported by a local television station which conducted an investigation into sober drivers charged with DUI. The investigation revealed the driver in Goodlettsville was one of hundreds charged…
Driving is an activity which requires sustained attention. Drivers must focus on driving and divide their attention among multiple parts of the driving activity: steering, acceleration, braking, watching the speedometer, watching the road, and reacting to a constantly changing environment. For DUI investigations (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio), law enforcement officers…
The Ohio Supreme Court recently decided a case in which an officer conducted a traffic stop after learning the basis for the stop was no longer valid. The issue was whether evidence obtained from the stop was admissible in the defendant’s trial. This issue was addressed by this court in…
This blog is not a bar band: we take requests without asking for tips! Yesterday, we received a question from a reader who wants to understand the interplay of Child Endangering and DUI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio). This article is going to answer that reader’s question. Ask and you shall…
The Vegas DUI seminar presented by NCDD and NACDL always rekindles my passion for DUI defense (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio). This year, I went with my associate Bryan Hawkins. Although we have both presented at many seminars, there is always more to learn, and we each felt like there were…
A recent news story reported the arrest of a 14-year-old boy for DUI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio). It is somewhat unusual for a juvenile to be charged with OVI in Ohio. When a juvenile faces an OVI case, some aspects are the same as adult OVIs and some components are…
Delta-8 THC products are widely available in Ohio. You can’t walk into an Ohio gas station without seeing edibles and vapes containing the drug. The Ohio legislature has introduced bills to regulate Delta-8 THC products, but they are currently unregulated. As Delta-8 THC is mildly psychoactive, the question is whether…
A few days ago, legal recreational marijuana sales began in Ohio. At some dispensaries, there has been an overwhelming response, with customers standing in line to buy marijuana. As sales can only be made to people who are 21 and older, we can presume most of the recreational marijuana users…
Justin Timberlake’s arrest for DWI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio) demonstrates the crucial need for the presumption of innocence in criminal trials. Within hours after Timberlake’s arrest, hundreds of website pages broadcasted the accusation. Many people, like the writer of this article, have already convicted him in their minds. In court,…
Ohio’s significantly revised law ‘Driving While Texting’ went into effect on April 4, 2023. When a criminal law is created or revised, it takes a while for the law to be the subject of appellate court decisions. In one of the first decisions interpreting the revised ‘Driving While Texting’ law,…