State v. Bassham

Francis E. Sweeney, Sr., J.

At about 1:45 a.m. on September 3, 1999, Officer Joseph Topiah of the Beavercreek Police Department observed appellant, Brian J. Bassham, commit a traffic offense. After stopping appellant’s vehicle, Officer Topiah detected a slight odor of alcohol coming from appellant’s mouth and noted that appellant’s eyes were glassy and bloodshot. Based on these initial observations, he gave appellant a series of field sobriety tests. After the officer observed appellant fail one of these tests, he decided to arrest appellant. At the station, appellant was given a…