State v. Gerike, C-070461 (9-19-2008)

DECISION.

{¶ 1} In 2007, a jury found defendant-appellant Anthony Gerike guilty on four counts of aggravated vehicular homicide. Two counts fell under RC. 2903.06(A)(1), and the other two counts fell under R.C. 2903.06(A)(2). Gerike had driven his automobile across the centerline and struck cyclists Amy Gehring and Terry Walker head-on. Gehring and Walker had been cycling in the opposite direction from Gerike when his car had drifted across the centerline, into the lane of oncoming traffic. The oncoming traffic had managed to dodge Gerike's vehicle, but he continued to drift to the left and…