Books
Ohio OVI Defense: the Law and Practice – Lead Author Tim Huey
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Our Recent Scholarly Articles
2018 OACDL Vindicator – Breath Testing Machine Changes – A Practitioners’ Update
2015 OACDL Vindicator – The New And Improved Vega or Understanding What Vega Really Meant Post Cincinnati v. Ilg
2012 OACDL Vindicator – The OACDL challenges the Intoxilyzer 8000 and the Department of Health Responds. Is this what they mean by Putting Lipstick on a Pig?
Our Lawyers in The News
2019 January 10 – WBNS 10 TV – Vehicular Assault Plea Hearing – The article can also be viewed at the 10TV website.
2018 December 26 – Columbus Dispatch; Medical Marijuana and OVI – The article can also be viewed at the Columbus Dispatch website.
2018 August 22 – Columbus Dispatch; Franklin County Won’t Use Intoxilyzer 8000
2014 October 1 – WBNS 10 TV – Ohio Supreme Court Ruling Could Change State Breathalyzer Test Laws – The article can also be viewed at the 10TV website.
Death Blow? Ruling rejects Ohio’s newest Breath Testing Device – The article can also be viewed at the OACDL website.
Our Recent Significant Ohio OVI Cases
Cincinnati v. Ilg
A case involving a challenge to the Intoxilyzer 8000 that went to the Ohio Supreme Court
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State v. Gerome
An evidentiary challenge to the admission of the Intoxilyzer 8000 breath machine.
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State v. Venturelli
A jury trial case where Mr. Huey’s questioning lead to the Ohio Department of Health’s head of the Alcohol and Drug Testing Program being declared to not be an expert on Ohio’s primary breath testing machine.
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State v Lancaster
Another major challenge which resulted in a finding that the Intoxilyzer 8000 was unreliable and ordering the results be excluded.
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State v. Benner
Another case where Mr. Huey was successful at getting the head of the Alcohol and Drug Testing Program to be declared not to be qualified to testify as an expert supporting the results of Ohio’s primary breath testing machine, even though, after State v. Venturelli, she obtained additional training at the factory.
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State v Eversole
A successful appeal involving vehicle searches after OVI arrests. The prosecution argued that an OVI arrest automatically authorizes search of the vehicle and this particular police agency searched every vehicle. Our win in this case required the prosecutor to throw out dozens of cases involving Concealed Carry Permit holders with weapons in their vehicles.
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