State v. Parker

Vukovich, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Bradley Parker, appeals from his conviction in the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for driving under the influence of alcohol (“DUI”) in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)(a) and (G)(1)(d), which is a fourth-degree felony because he had five or more previous DUI convictions in the last 20 years. Prior to pleading no contest to the DUI charge, he filed a motion to dismiss the DUI charge on the basis that the 20-year-look-back provision in R.C. 4511.19(G)(1)(d) violates the prohibitions against ex post facto laws that are found in the Ohio…