STATE v. WARD

Nos. 84-613 and 84-800.

15 Ohio St. 3d 355 (1984)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. WARD, APPELLANT. THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. MILLER, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 31, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James A. Range, city prosecutor, for appellee state of Ohio in 84-613.

Mr. Ralph L. Oates and Mr. James M. Looker, for appellant Robert G. Ward in 84-613.

Ms. Barbara Petersen, assistant prosecuting attorney, for appellee state of Ohio in 84-800.

Mr. Thomas A. Mathews, for appellant Mark Miller in 84-800.


J.P. CELEBREZZE, J.

The question presented by these appeals is whether certified copies of police logs showing calibration of intoxilyzer equipment are admissible against a defendant in a prosecution for violation of R.C. 4511.19. For the foregoing reasons, we hold that such copies are admissible despite the absence of the calibrating officer at trial.

Before this court's adoption of the Ohio Rules of Evidence in July 1980, the question at bar was governed...

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