Court Opinion

ID: 3770359
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 07:23:08.178069+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:21:48.652883
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OPINION
{¶ 1} Defendant John S. Toothman appeals a judgment of the Licking County Municipal Court which found him guilty of violating R.C. 4511.19, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, and R.C. 4511.202, failure to control his vehicle. Appellant assigns three errors to the trial court:
 {¶ 2} "I. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED AND/OR ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY FAILING TO COMPLY WITH R.C.2937.07.
 {¶ 3} "II. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED AND/OR ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY DENYING APPELLANT'S MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT THE MOTION TO SUPPRESS AND/OR RECONSIDER THE MOTION TO SUPPRESS.
 {¶ 4} "III. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED AND/OR ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY DENYING APPELLANT'S MOTION TO SUPPRESS."
 {¶ 5} The record indicates appellant originally pled not guilty, but changed his plea to no contest after the court overruled his motion to suppress, and his motion to supplement his motion to suppress.
                                   I. {¶ 6} Appellee the State of Ohio concedes appellant's first assignment of error, and agrees the trial court did not comply with R.C. 2937.07, which mandates an explanation of facts prior to a guilty finding on a no-contest plea. Appellee also concedes jeopardy attached, and thus, there may be no subsequent prosecution.
 {¶ 7} The first assignment of error is sustained.
                               II.  III. {¶ 8} In his second and third assignments of error are overruled as moot. *Page 3 
Licking County, Case No. 2007-CA-18 3
 {¶ 9} For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the Licking County Municipal Court is reversed, and pursuant to App. R. 12(B) we enter a final judgment of acquittal.
Gwin, P.J., Wise, J., and Delaney, J., concur.
                             JUDGMENT ENTRY
For the reasons stated in our accompanying Memorandum-Opinion, the judgment of the Licking County Municipal Court is reversed, and pursuant to App. R. 12(B) we enter final judgment of acquittal. Costs to appellee. *Page 1