Legal Opinion
State v. Melvan
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided June 2, 1992No. 91CA26PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Harsha, Judge.
This is an appeal by the state of Ohio, plaintiff-appellant, pursuant to R.C. 2945.67 and Crim.R. 12(J) from an entry of the Gallipolis Municipal Court granting the motion of Anthony J. Melvan, defendant-appellee, to suppress the results of a BAC Verifier test in an OMVI prosecution.
Appellant assigns the following error:
“The trial court erred by suppressing the traffic stop of the defendantappellee, Anthony J. Melvan, as the state highway patrolman had a reasonable and articulable reason for the traffic stop.”
On May 3, 1991, the state charged appellee with operating a motor…
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