Shaker Hts. v. El-Bey

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 929

Syllabus

Shaker Heights Codified Ordinances 1135.09 failure to display license plates sovereign citizen sovereign nation R.C. 1901.02 R.C.1901.20(A)(1) jurisdiction - Defendant's claim that he was a citizen of United Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah Mu'ur nation and not a United States or Ohio citizen did not preclude his conviction for failure to display license plates in violation of Shaker Heights Codified Ordinances 1135.09. Defendant was subject to the laws of Shaker Heights when traveling through the city, and the municipal court had both subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction over defendant for committing an act within the city that violated that ordinance.