State v. Lyles

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 1414

Syllabus

TRAF.R. 10(D) – PLEA COLLOQUY – CORPUS DELICTI: The trial court violated Traf.R. 10(D) by accepting defendant's guilty plea to driving under suspension without informing him that his plea was a complete admission of guilt. Defendant's confession to a hit-skip violation did not contravene the corpus delicti rule where the state established that a license plate was lodged in the rear bumper of a vehicle that was at the scene of the accident. Defendant's convictions for a hit-skip violation and an assured-distance violation were not against the manifest weight of the evidence where testimony established that a license plate was lodged in the rear bumper of a vehicle at the scene, defendant responded to an investigatory letter regarding the accident, and defendant confessed to being in the accident.