Cleveland v. Clark

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 4491

Syllabus

Crim.R. 29 motion for acquittal sufficiency of the evidence manifest weight of the evidence suppression hearing driving while under the influence OVI failure to stop at a stop sign. The trial court did not err in denying defendant-appellant's motion to suppress where, in viewing the totality of the circumstances, the plaintiff-appellee presented competent, credible evidence at the motion to suppress hearing showing probable cause existed to arrest the defendant-appellant for driving under the influence. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, a rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crimes proven beyond a reasonable doubt and, therefore, the defendant-appellant's convictions were based upon sufficient evidence. Further, weighing all the evidence, we cannot say this is a rare case where the trier of fact lost its way the defendant-appellant's convictions were not against the manifest weight of the evidence.