City of Toledo v. Weber

Judson P. SpoRE, Judge.

This traffic case commenced with the filing of a sworn, long-form complaint by Carleton S. Finkbeiner that alleged that defendant Richard Weber disobeyed a traffic control device. Finkbeiner is the Mayor of Toledo.

Defendant Weber now seeks dismissal of the complaint because the charging instrument did not comply with the mandates of Traf.R. 3(A), 3(C), and 21, which, defendant argues, require the use of the Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket (“Uniform Ticket”) in all moving traffic cases when the citing complainant is a law enforcement officer. The defendant posits that…