Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Ohio Driving Under the Influence Law - 2012-2013 Ed.

New features and recent developments in this edition include:

  • Discussion of State v. Dumas, 2012-Ohio-91, 2012 WL 112994 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. Cuyahoga Court 2012), in which an OVI conviction was upheld despite the defendant's plea of not guilty by reason of insanity due to dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder).  See section 1:31.
  • An updated discussion of Ohio law relating to the expungement or sealing of OVI convictions, and the impact of a prior or subsequent OVI conviction on an application to have a recored of a non-OVI criminal record sealed.  See Section 16:31.
  • A new section (9:74) containing a flow chart illustrating common grounds for suppression of evicdence on OVI cases.