State v. Hopkins, 17-08-01 (6-2-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-Appellant, Bruce W. Hopkins, appeals the judgment of the Sidney Municipal Court finding him guilty of operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or a drug of abuse. On appeal, Hopkins argues that the trial court erred in finding him guilty because there was insufficient evidence that he was driving the vehicle. Finding that the appeal was not timely filed, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.

{¶ 2} In October 2006, Trooper Steven L. Shafer, Jr. of the State Highway Patrol received a dispatch that a black sport utility vehicle had struck an…