The Ohio Supreme Court recently issued a decision in State v. Fips. The Court concluded that, when the reasonable suspicion of criminal activity for a traffic stop has been dispelled, a police officer can nevertheless check the status of ...

If you are arrested for DUI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio), you can lose your driver’s license immediately, before even going to court or seeing a judge. That loss of driving privileges, imposed by the BMV (not a court), is an

A driver struck a trooper while the trooper was directing traffic, and the trooper suffered serious injuries. The driver submitted a urine sample, and a urine test showed a concentration of inactive marijuana metabolite above the ‘legal limit’. The driver was charged with and convicted of Aggravated Vehicular Homicide and DUI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio). The Ohio Supreme Court