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State v. Ruffin

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  • 2024 Ohio 5626

Syllabus

In an operating a vehicle while impaired (\OVI\) case, motion to suppress properly denied where the officer had reasonable, articulable suspicion to conduct field sobriety tests, and probable cause to arrest the defendant based on the defendant being involved in an early-morning car accident, having glassy eyes and the odor of alcohol, implicitly admitting that he had been drinking, and exhibiting four out of six clues on the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (\HGN\) test.

Judges: Sulek

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