State v. Gaines

Timothy S. Black, Judge.

This matter presents the state’s criminal charge that the defendant, Richard Gaines, committed vehicular homicide in derogation of R.C. 2903.07 on August 20, 1993, when he allegedly caused his automobile to collide with and kill a motorcy*150clist. The charge is a first degree misdemeanor, carrying with it the potential for six months of incarceration.

The defendant has timely requested a bill of particulars,1 and only now, on the eve of trial, has been advised by an assistant county prosecutor that the state, as a matter of policy, does not provide a bill of particulars…