State v. Wallace

Gorman, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} The state appeals from the trial court’s order granting the motion of the defendant-appellee, Monica Wallace, to suppress the results of blood-alcohol and field sobriety tests, as well as statements related to the charges against her for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)(a), and operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in her blood, in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)(b). The single issue is whether the definition of “operate” in R.C. 4511.01(HHH) may apply to an intoxicated passenger who…