State v. Bryant (Slip Opinion)

Citations

• 154 N.E.3d 31
• 160 Ohio St. 3d 113
• 2020 Ohio 1041

Syllabus

Traffic—R.C. 4549.02(A)(1)—Fleeing the scene of an accident—Registered number of a motor vehicle—When a driver subject to R.C. 4549.02(A)(1) gives his name and address and the registered number of the vehicle to the required recipients under R.C. 4549.02(A)(1)(a) and (b), the driver does not violate R.C. 4549.02(A)(1) by not providing that information to a police officer if the driver leaves the scene without knowing that the police have been alerted of the accident—The \registered number\ of a motor vehicle, as used in R.C. 4549.02(A)(1), is the license-plate number associated with the vehicle.