State v. Davis

Harsha, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence entered upon a jury verdict by the Hocking County Municipal Court finding Steven L. Davis, defendant-appellant, guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol in violation of R.C. 4511.19(A)(1) and driving while under suspension in violation of R.C. 4507.02(D)(2), both misdemeanors of the first degree.

Appellant assigns the following error:

“I. The trial judge erred in his direct and cross-examination of the defendant and in abandoning his role as a fair and impartial magistrate of the trial…