State v. Jones

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 857

Syllabus

Defendant appeals convictions in municipal for improper backing and leaving the scene of an accident. The city alleged that the defendant caused a minor traffic collision with an occupied parked vehicle and then left the scene. For the leaving the scene of an accident conviction, the city presented sufficient evidence of the defendant's knowledge of the accident where the defendant changed her initial story to police about her recollection of the incident and where the defendant's witness testified that the defendant made an inculpatory remark immediately after the collision. The greater weight of the evidence supported the defendant's convictions where the trial court found the occupant of the impacted vehicle credible and further found that the defendant had not provided truthful testimony.