State v. Blogna

I would affirm the sentence of the municipal court.

Although the rhetoric is different, the constitutional considerations are essentially the same (with the exception of the right to trial by jury) in the adult traffic court and the juvenile traffic court. Instead of being found to be operating under the influence of alcohol in adult court, the appellant was found to be a juvenile traffic offender by operating under the influence, in violation of the same traffic statute, R.C. 4511.19.

In In re Russell (1984), 12 Ohio St. 3d 304, 466 N.E. 2d 553, the Ohio Supreme Court affirmed a commitment to…