State v. Bush

This appeal is from conviction and sentence, after trial to court, in Ravenna Municipal Court. Defendant was charged, in a uniform traffic ticket affidavit filed by Patrolman Harold McKimmie, Ohio State Patrol, on February 28, *1621961, with following another vehicle more closely than was reasonable and proper in violation of Section 4511.34, Revised Code.

After plea of Not Guilty entered by defendant on March 2, 1961, the proceedings seem to have strayed rather badly from the standard of speedy justice prescribed by the Criminal Procedure Act and the appellate rules. Trial was originally set…