City of Youngstown v. Starks

Plaintiff, pursuant to R.C. 2945.67, is appealing the judgment of the Youngstown Municipal Court which sustained defendant’s motion to dismiss two traffic tickets issued to him on the basis that the traffic tickets on their faces were insufficient to properly charge defendant.

The city of Youngstown uses the Uniform Traffic Ticket which is prescribed by Traf. R. 3(A).

None of the lists of offenses on subject traffic tickets was marked. The offense on each traffic ticket was handwritten next to the heading entitled “Description of Offense.” In case No. 81 TR 2085, the offense was described as…