State v. Brown

Gorman, Judge.

{¶ 1} The defendant-appellant, Falisha Brown, appeals from her conviction for violating Section 506-86 of the traffic chapter of the Cincinnati Municipal Code, which penalizes an improper turn. The trial court ordered her to pay a fine of $16 and court costs of $84. In her two assignments of error, she contends that (1) the trial court abused its discretion by denying her a continuance when her retained counsel was unable to appear on the date set for trial, and (2) her conviction was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. Because we find merit in her first assignment…