DRIVING FOR UBER OR LYFT WITH OVI / DUI OR TRAFFIC CONVICTIONS ON YOUR ON YOUR RECORD Many drivers in Ohio have signed up with companies like Uber and Lyft as a way to earn additional income. The questions we often most often from potential Uber / Lyft drivers are these: Can I drive for […]
Read MorePOLICE CANNOT DETAIN DRIVER PAST THE TIME TO ISSUE A TRAFFIC TICKET UNLESS THERE IS REASONABLE SUSPICION OF OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY The Ohio Court of Appeals recently held that when an officer stops a driver for a traffic violation, but finds no other evidence of further illegal activity, then the officer may not stop the […]
Read MoreONCE FIRE IS EXTINGUISHED, POLICE CANNOT ENTER A HOME TO COLLECT EVIDENCE WITHOUT A WARRANT – EVEN IF FIREFIGHTERS SAW MARIJUANA INSIDE WHILE PUTTING FIRE OUT The Ohio Court of Appeals recently held that police may not search a house without a warrant unless police show that evidence they believe is in the house is […]
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OVI CONVICTION REVERSED WHERE THE STATE FAILED TO SHOW AN OFFICER HAD REASONABLE SUSPICION TO DETAIN A DRIVER BEYOND CHECKING ON HER WELLBEING The Court of Appeals for the State of Ohio recently overturned an OVI conviction where an officer, who was alerted to a driver sleeping in their car in a parking lot, failed […]
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CAN THE POLICE STOP YOU FOR DRIVING ON TOP OF THE PAINTED LINE ON THE ROAD The Ohio Court of Appeals recently through out a conviction for Operating a Vehicle while Impaired on Alcohol (OVI) when the evidence showed Defendant did not drive his vehicle over the center line, but merely drove on top of […]
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DRIVER ARGUES NEW ALBANY POLICE PULLING HIM OVER WITHOUT A VALID REASON A driver in New Albany claims the police pulled him over only for the reason of investigating a tip that he had seemed impaired when inside a gas station. In Village of New Albany v. Dalton, 104 Ohio App. 3d 307, the Court discussed […]
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APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS SUSPENDED LICENSE CONVICTION WHERE DRIVER HAS VALID DRIVING PRIVILEGES The Court of Appeals for the State of Ohio recently overturned a conviction for driving on a suspended license where the Defendant was previously granted limited driving privileges and it could be shown that the Defendant was operating within the guidelines set forth […]
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NO REASONABLE SUSPICION FOR TRAFFIC STOP WHERE THERE WAS NO TURN SIGNAL VIOLATION The Ohio Court of Appeals recently issued a decision that states an officer cannot conduct a traffic stop on a driver where the driver did not commit a traffic violation and it can be shown that no other officer would have pulled […]
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CAN AN OFFICER ASK FOR FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS WHEN HE SEES AN EQUIPMENT VIOLATION, SUCH AS DRIVING WITHOUT LICENSE PLATE LIGHTS, BUT NO ERRATIC DRIVING? The Ohio Court of Appeals has held that when an officer is investigating a driver for Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of Drugs or Alcohol (OVI) the officer must […]
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IS THERE A GRACE PERIOD AFTER AN ACCIDENT BEFORE A DRIVER HAS TO CALL THE POLICE? The 24-hour “grace period” rule only applies to accidents that happen on public or private property that is NOT a public road or highway. In other words, if you are in an accident on public road or highway, there […]
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Attorney Douglas Riddell, Esq.