State v. Coldwell

Defendant-appellant, Herman Coldwell, was charged on December 5, 1978, with a violation on that date of R.C. 5577.04(C). Throughout the years this statute has undergone a number of revisions. It appears consistently to have been entitled thus: “Maximum axle load, wheel load, gross weights, for pneumatic tired vehicles.” It was so designated December 1978, when Coldwell was charged. However, the version of R.C. 5577.04 in effect in December 1978, contained no paragraph C, the complaint notwithstanding. (See Am. Sub. S.B. No. 421, 137 Ohio Laws, Part I, 1206-1207.) R.C. 5577.04 did include a…