City of Columbus v. Cardwell

Klatt, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Christina A. Cardwell, appeals the sentence entered by the Franklin County Municipal Court following her convictions for failing to maintain an assured cleared distance ahead (“ACDA”) and failing to stop after an accident (“hit-skip”). Because R.C. 2929.28(A) prohibited the trial court from imposing restitution for a minor misdemeanor and because the victim’s economic loss was not a direct and proximate result of appellant’s hit-skip offense, we reverse.

{¶ 2} On August 16, 2006, appellant was driving a car west on Livingston Avenue in Columbus, Ohio,…