In Re Wood, 06ap-1032 (6-26-2007)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Jonathan G. Wood, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations, Juvenile Branch, finding him guilty of street racing. Because that judgment is against the manifest weight of the evidence, we reverse and remand the matter for a new trial.

{¶ 2} On the evening of October 6, 2005, appellant and a friend, Adam Gilbert, separately attended a high school soccer game. After the game, appellant and Gilbert1 met in a parking lot near Lyman Drive in Hilliard, Ohio, to discuss their plans for the night. They decided…