State v. Scudder

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 1267

Syllabus

NO-CONTEST PLEA — OVI — WAIVER — R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)(j)(ix) — EXPLANATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES – R.C. 2937.07: The trial court erred in finding defendant guilty of operating a motor vehicle with a specific concentration of methamphetamine in his urine following a no-contest plea to R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)(j)(ix) where the State's explanation of circumstances did not identify the substance or its amount that was present in defendant's system, either expressly or by implication. Defendant did not explicitly and clearly waive the explanation-of-circumstances requirement under R.C. 2937.07 by indicating that he did not want to hear the facts following his no-contest plea.