State v. Ponce-Suares

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 4480

Syllabus

MOTION TO SUPPRESS — OPERATING A VEHICLE IMPAIRED (\OVI\) — PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST — FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS — SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE — TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES: Where defendant was convicted of operating a motor vehicle while impaired, the trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence because, even if the field-sobriety-test results had been suppressed, the totality of the circumstances support a finding that probable cause existed to arrest him for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol where the arresting officer testified that defendant nearly collided his car with the police cruiser, committed marked-lane infractions, had bloodshot and watery eyes, and had the smell of alcohol coming from his mouth.