Criminal defense lawyers argued before Ohio's Supreme Court that Revised Code Section 4511.19(A)(2) is unconstitutional because it criminalizes a suspect's refusal to take chemical tests after being stopped for DUI/OVI. Hoover's criminal defense attorneys argued that the section violated the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Section 14, Article I of the Ohio Constitution.
But the Ohio Supreme Court, by a 4 to 3 vote, disagreed today as you can read here. Watch the oral argument by clicking here.
