State v. Medford

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 140

Syllabus

SUPPRESSION; PENALTY ENHANCEMENT; R.C. 4511.19(G)(1)(d); CRIM.R. 32(C); WAIVER OF COUNSEL; PETTY OFFENSE; RES JUDICATA; MANIFEST WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE, SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE. The trial court did not err by denying defendant-appellant's motion to suppress his prior operating-a motor-vehicle-while-under-the-influence-of-alcohol-or-drugs-of-abuse (\OVI\) conviction from being used to enhance the degree of his OVI conviction in this case. Because the trial court did not err by denying the defendant-appellant's motion to suppress his prior OVI conviction, the defendant-appellant's OVI conviction is not based on insufficient evidence or against the manifest weight of the evidence.