Cleveland v. Snyder

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2986

Syllabus

Traffic stop; commercial vehicle; uncovered load; rock salt; municipal ordinance; C.C.O. 439.11(A); sufficiency of evidence; manifest weight; police testimony; vehicle enforcement; tarp requirement; misdemeanor; Cleveland Municipal Court; jury verdict; judgment entry; subsection distinction; conviction affirmed; C.C.O. 439.09; seatbelt violation; C.C.O. 437.27(B)(1). Appellant was convicted for violations of Cleveland Codified Ordinances 439.11(A), 439.09, and 437.27(B)(1) after police observed him operating a commercial dump truck carrying an uncovered load of rock salt. There was sufficient evidence supporting the jury's finding that the truck was not loaded or covered to prevent material from escaping, as required by C.C.O. 439.11(A). The court declined to review the citation under C.C.O. 439.11(B), because the trial court's journal entry did not reflect a conviction on that subsection. The manifest weight and sufficiency challenge regarding the seat-belt violation also failed.