State v. Fields

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 5538

Syllabus

Appellant was not denied the effective assistance of counsel when his trial attorney withdrew his motion to suppress prior to the hearing on that motion, because the record fails to establish that the motion would have been successful had it not been withdrawn. The State adduced sufficient evidence to support appellant's conviction for operating a vehicle while under the influence, and the conviction was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. The trial court's rationale for sentencing appellant to 120 days in prison in addition to another 30 months of incarceration under the repeat offender provisions of R.C. 4511.19(G)(1)(d)(i) was not clearly and convincingly unsupported by the record. Judgment affirmed.