Watford v. Ohio Bur. of Motor Vehicles

This is an accelerated appeal from a judgment of the Euclid Municipal Court which denied petitioner Jesse Watford’s appeal of an administrative license suspension imposed pursuant to R.C. 4511.191. For reasons which follow, we reverse the trial court’s order.

Watford (“appellant”) was arrested in the city of Euclid on the charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. He refused to take a breath-alcohol test at the police station after his arrest. Appellee Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles thereafter suspended his driver’s license for a period of one year based on his refusal to submit to the…