State v. Poythress

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 2911

Syllabus

Hit/skip Cleveland Cod.Ord. 435.16 R.C. 2929.28 failing to stop after an accident proximate cause abuse of discretion motion to deny restitution. - The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant's motion to deny restitution and ordering appellant to pay restitution. R.C. 2929.28 allows a trial court to impose restitution for economic loss suffered by the victim as a direct and proximate result of the commission of the offense to which the defendant pled guilty, and the trial court found that the damage to the victim's car was the direct and proximate result of appellant hitting the victim's car before she left the scene of the accident, in violation of Cleveland Cod.Ord. 435.16, the offense to which appellant pled guilty.