State v. Frye

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 598

Syllabus

AUTOS/CRIMINAL – DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION – IMPROPER CHANGE OF COURSE – BLURRED WINDSHIELD – CROSS-EXAMINATION – EVID.R. 602 – JUDICIAL BIAS – JURY TRIAL: Defendant's conviction for improper change of course was not supported by sufficient evidence where the evidence showed that when defendant turned left at the intersection, he stayed to the right of the center line of the roadway being entered. The trial court did not err in restricting and then terminating defendant's cross-examination of the police officer where defendant repeatedly asked irrelevant questions and made irrelevant statements. The police officer's testimony was admissible under Evid.R. 602 where he personally observed the events to which he testified. The trial judge did not demonstrate judicial bias in denying defendant's requests for a jury trial the right to a jury trial does not extend to offenses for which the potential penalty does not include the possibility of a prison term or jail term and for which the possible fine does not exceed $1,000.