Solon v. Moore

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2446

Syllabus

Motion to suppress; suppression hearing; Operating a Vehicle Impaired (\OVI\); reasonable suspicion; totality of the circumstances; field sobriety testing; 9-1-1 dispatch call; reliable informant; glassy eyes; slurred speech; odor of alcohol; indicators; body camera. The trial court erred in granting defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained from an OVI investigation where a reliable 9-1-1 informant reported the defendant for drunk driving, and officers were able to corroborate key details of that report at the scene, observing that the defendant was improperly parked, with glassy eyes, slurred speech, and a bottle of recently purchased alcohol in the car. These facts, taken together, gave officers reasonable suspicion to conduct field sobriety tests.