State v. Fork

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 1016
• 174 Ohio St. 3d 224

Syllabus

Criminal law—Definition of \motor vehicle\ in R.C. 4501.01(B) is used for penal laws and applies to offense of aggravated vehicular assault under R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a)—R.C. 4501.01(VV)'s qualifying language regarding principal purpose of a vehicle does not look to how vehicle was used at time of charged conduct but vehicle's principal purpose—The record was insufficient to support appellee's convictions for aggravated vehicular assault because vehicle being operated at time of charged conduct was a \utility vehicle\—Court of appeals' judgment affirmed.