State v. Schell

At 12:58 a.m. on March 19, 1983, Trooper Douglas McKinney of the Ohio State Highway Patrol was at the intersection of State Route 32 and old State Route 74 in the Mt. Carmel area. McKinney observed a 1976 blue Chrysler turn right onto State Route 32, screeching its tires and accelerating rapidly as it headed west along State Route 32. McKinney followed the Chrysler and eventually pulled it over.

Defendant-appellant Gregory Schell, the driver of the blue Chrysler, got out of the vehicle. Schell was unsteady on his feet, his speech was slurred, and McKinney smelled a moderate odor of alcohol on…