City of Cincinnati v. Shannon

The error asserted in appellant’s single assignment of error is that the trial court unconstitutionally imposed a sentence of thirty days incarceration on him for a violation of the Cincinnati ordinance against reckless driving. Appellant (the defendant in the trial court) pleaded no contest to the charge of violating Cincinnati Municipal Code Section 506-6, and the penalties imposed were thirty days of confinement in the Community Correctional Institution, a fine of $250 and costs. This was the maximum punishment under C.M.C. 506-6 and 512-6. Under the state statute against reckless driving,…