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Dayton DUI Attorney Charles Rowland > Posts tagged "xenia" (Page 23)

Xenia DUI Salutes Philopotes & Dionysus

Xenia, Ohio is named after the Greek word for "hospitality."  Besides the name for Greene County's seat of government, we owe a great debt to Greek culture and ideals.If you could wander around the Aegean coast around 700 B.C. you would find an abundance of alcohol; wine specifically.  The libation was a mainstay of Hellenistic society and it was used to honor the gods, as currency, as medicine, as a thirst-quencher and to get drunk.  In fact, using alcohol was considered a civic duty in Athens.  At great gatherings and feasts officials, known as oinoptai made sure that the wine...

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Xenia Daily Gazette: Kreitz Found Not Guilty

6/12/2008 11:37:00 PMCharles Caperton/Greene County DailiesJoseph Kreitz, 34, during trial in Common Pleas Court earlier this week, was found not guilty of two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide from a traffic crash on Jasper Road in August of 2005 that killed Tina Freelan and Joshua Day both of Xenia, who were passengers in his car.Kreitz found not guilty of vehicular manslaughterAARON KEITH HARRIS Staff WriterXENIA — Jurors in the trial of a Xenia man accused of killing two friends in a drunk-driving accident on his birthday in August 2005 took about three hours Thursday to find him not guilty.Joseph W....

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NOT GUILTY!

As I write this post I am overtaken with exhaustion and a great sense of relief and gratitude.  A Greene County jury has just returned verdicts of "NOT GUILTY" in the matter of State v. Kreitz. This was my first homicide case and I was convinced of the innocence of my client.  To prove his innocence I was aided by remarkable co-counsel Richard Brown and Mark Babb.  This case was laden with forensic science, accident reconstruction, DNA, foot print evidence and DUI scientific issues.  I would never have been able to navigate these issues without the help of Lee Edwards,...

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Ohio BMV; How Many Points is Your Offense?

Here, courtesy (and with permission of) DUI attorney Mark Gardner is a list of violations and their resulting Ohio BMV "POINTS." Ohio BMV "Points".CODE VIOLATION POINTS OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION01 Perjury/False Info 0 2921.1102 OVI-Alcohol/Liquor 6 4511.19A03 DR w/o Owner Consent 6 2913.0304 MTR Vehicle Felony 6 2913.0206 Hit Skip/Leave Scene 6 4549.02/02107 Driving Under Susp/Rev 6 4510.11 (C)(1)08 Drag Racing/Street 6 4511.25109 Flee/Elude Officer 6 2921.331 (A) & (B)10 Stop Sign 2 4511.4311 Traffic Control Lights 2 4511.13-1513 Vio-RR Crossing 2 4511.61-6414 Traffic Cont Dev/Signs 2 4511.1216 Hit-Skip Private Prop 2 4549.0318 No Child Restraint 0 4511.8119 Vehicular Assault 6 2903.08 (A)(2)20 Speed (# in excess of speed) 4/2/0 4511.2121 Slow Speed 2 4511.2222 Driving Under FRA Susp 6 4510.16(A)23 Following To Close 2 4511.3424 Speed (# in excess of speed) 4/2/0 4511.2125 Speed Commercial 4/2/0 4506.1626 OVI.04 Commercial vary 4506.1528 Disregard of Safety 4 4511.2029 Disregard  Saf Priv/Prop 2 4511.20130 VIO-One Way Traf 2 4511.3231 Driving Left of Center 2 4511.29-3032 FTY Ped/Blind 2 4511.46-4733 Crossing Yellow Line 2 4511.3035 Rt Side of Roadway 2 4511.2536 Crossing Divided Hwy 2 4511.3537 VIO-Traf Lanes/Lines/Safety Zone 2 4511.30-6038 FTY Right of Way 2 4511.41-4239 Opp Veh Traf VIO 2 4511.2640 Improper Passing 2 4511.2841 Vio-When Being Passed 2 4511.2742 Stopped...

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Protecting Your Ohio Driver’s License After Your OVI Case

Dealing with the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles can be a nightmare. So, you will want to avoid problems before they rear their ugly heads. Don't worry! You can make this as painless as possible by following these simple rules. 1. Make sure the BMV knows how to reach you. The burden is upon you to notify them of any address change. Courts will accept their statement that they sent you information at your last known address as valid even if you did not get it. You can apply for an address change on line here.2. Make sure the court knows...

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