State v. Nguyen, L-05-1369 (4-27-2007)

DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY

{¶ 1} This is the second time that this cause comes on appeal from a judgment of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas. See State v.Nguyen, 157 Ohio App.3d 482, 2004-Ohio-2879. Briefly, the facts relevant to this cause are as follows.

{¶ 2} Trooper Stacey Arnold of the Ohio State Highway Patrol and her drug dog, Ringo, were patrolling the Ohio Turnpike on the morning of January 1, 2003. At approximately 8:00 a.m., the trooper saw a motor vehicle traveling at an unusually slow rate of speed for the existing road conditions. Trooper Arnold also noted that appellant,…