State v. Howell

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 3255

Syllabus

MOTION TO SUPPRESS — OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED — OPERATION — PROBABLE CAUSE — CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE: Because the State may prove operation of a motor vehicle through circumstantial evidence, the trial court erred in granting defendant's motion to suppress her arrest for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated for lack of probable cause that defendant had operated the vehicle where defendant admitted she was coming from Columbus, attempted to locate her driver's license in the car, and was the only person standing near the car when the officer arrived.