State v. Szefcyk

This matter involves an arrest of the defendant for an alleged violation of Section 4511.19, Revised Code, namely, the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of some intoxicant. The case was tried to the Court without a jury.

The evidence of the State was presented by the arresting officer, a city chemist and a city patrolman. The arresting officer was dispatched to the scene of a one-car accident on State Route 113 in Lorain County. Upon arriving at the scene he found the defendant seated in the driver’s seat of an automobile. This vehicle had left the traveled portion of the…