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Justice Resnick charged with DUI (Ohio Supreme Court)
Columbus Dispatch ^ | 2/1/2005 | Jon Craig

Posted on 02/01/2005 4:43:18 AM PST by smith288

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bttt


22 posted on 02/01/2005 2:01:16 PM PST by Deadeye Division
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To: smith288

WCMH-TV here in Columbus just aired footage of when she was driving on Interstate 75 and when she was pulled over.
She got out of the car to confront the police. She said it was ridiculous and that she wasn't drinking. She had been swerving for several miles and police said on the tape that they had received phone calls about her driving on Interstate 75.
This is going to get even more interesting.


23 posted on 02/01/2005 2:11:23 PM PST by Columbus Dawg (Unfortunate to live in that blue spot in central Ohio)
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To: SedVictaCatoni
You did not tell me of any case.Go to any Court House in the country and you wont find it on record. You must have a lawyer friend or you may be one yourself, it doesn't happen in my state.
24 posted on 02/01/2005 3:42:20 PM PST by gunnedah
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To: gunnedah
You did not tell me of any case.Go to any Court House in the country and you wont find it on record.

Now you're just being silly. Legal malpractice cases are far from rare, even in South Carolina.

25 posted on 02/01/2005 7:44:22 PM PST by SedVictaCatoni (<><)
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To: smith288

http://www.nbc4i.com/news/4149702/detail.html

State Justice Charged With Drunken Driving
Patrol Says Resnick Failed Sobriety Tests

UPDATED: 6:47 PM EST February 1, 2005

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A state Supreme Court justice was pulled over and charged with driving under the influence after several motorists called to report an erratic driver on an interstate.




"A strong odor of alcohol was detected" on Justice Alice Robie Resnick, and police believe alcohol was the reason for the erratic driving, Lt. Rick Zwayer, a State Highway Patrol spokesman, said Tuesday.

Resnick, 65, of Toledo, was arrested Monday afternoon on Interstate 75 near Bowling Green in northwest Ohio, Zwayer said. She was driving a gold Jeep Cherokee, which is a state-issued vehicle, NBC 4's Nancy Burton reported.

She failed field sobriety tests and refused to take a blood-alcohol content test, Zwayer said. She also was charged with driving outside marked lines.

SLIDESHOW: Judge Pulled Over

An unofficial portable test was given along I-75, and Resnick tested at more than twice the legal limit, Burton reported. The test was given at about 2 p.m., Burton reported.

"What are you going to do with me, take me to jail?" Resnick asked at one point during the stop.




The Highway Patrol started following the judge after a number of drivers called 911, Burton reported.

"I have a car right in front of me going on 75 South swerving all over the place, going across the median," one caller said.

"I got what looks like a drunk driver out here on 75 southbound, south of Toledo," another caller said.

Resnick pulled over at mile marker 173.

"The way you were driving, I can't let you go on," an officer told Resnick.

The two troopers who pulled Resnick over called for a supervisor. Instead of waiting inside her car, Resnick confronted the two troopers, Burton reported.

"This is ridiculous," Resnick is heard saying on the in-cruiser camera. "There's nothing wrong with me."

Resnick conversed with the troopers often during the stop.

"I've always said the Highway Patrol should drive us to work," Resnick told the officers at one point. "They do it for the U.S. Supreme Court. This is so embarrassing."

FeedRoom


Justice Arrest On Tape





The trooper told Resnick that he could smell alcohol.

"Come on," Resnick responded. "I have not been drinking. You know you are really infringing on my ... OK, I'm not going to [inaudible]."

Resnick then returned to her vehicle.

Two Bowling Green officers first saw the judge get off the interstate and pull into a gas station earlier in the day, Burton reported.

According to police records, the officers asked Resnick if she had been drinking or was on any medicine. She said no.

Records showed that the judge told them she just wanted to go to Columbus and that she was not going to take any tests. The officers advised her not to leave, but Resnick rolled up her window and left, Burton reported.

She pulled over again six miles later, Burton reported.


Justice Alice Robie Resnick


Driving while intoxicated is a misdemeanor that carries a possible penalty of three days to six months in jail and a fine of $250 to $1,000. Resnick's driver's license was suspended for a year for refusing the breath test, although a judge can revise the suspension to a shorter period or up to three years.

A message seeking comment was left for Resnick, who did not attend court hearings Tuesday on a death penalty case and a medical malpractice case. Resnick, a justice since 1989, is the court's only Democrat.

Court officials said there is no automatic disciplinary action when a judge is charged with driving under the influence.

Resnick, who previously served as an assistant county prosecutor, a municipal judge and a state appeals court judge, has voted in a handful of drunken driving cases with the Supreme Court.

In 1996, for example, she wrote the majority opinion in a case that said police do not have to tell people suspected of drunken driving that they have the right to a second, independent blood alcohol test.

Her arrest came just days after the conclusion of a long-running court battle over an unsuccessful attempt by business groups to unseat her in 2000. On Friday, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce was forced to disclose who contributed to the advertising campaign.

Faced with $25,000 in daily fines, the chamber complied with a court order by providing a list of 383 donors who gave $4.2 million to a chamber organization that raised money to defeat Resnick.

Business groups are said to dislike Resnick because of votes she cast that went against the insurance industry and companies trying to limit personal injury lawsuits.

The campaign included a television ad showing a female justice changing a vote after bags of money are dumped on her desk.

Since Republicans regained control of the court in 2003, justices have made a handful of rulings that businesses say are more favorable to their interests.


26 posted on 02/01/2005 9:54:08 PM PST by flutters (God Bless The USA)
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To: smith288
The law was never meant to apply to the elite. hahahahahahahaha

Poor baby, I feel so sorry for her...sitting in a jail cell with her cronies.
27 posted on 02/01/2005 10:01:23 PM PST by flutters (God Bless The USA)
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To: SedVictaCatoni
No I am not being silly. Sure these cases are rare but malpractice by lawyers isn't. I worked in the court system for over 25 years and I see what goes on. People speak of the Blue Wall of Silence but one lawyer does not take another one on personally,only at the expense of his client. I have seen lawyers go to sleep while defending their clients, I have seen judge's sleep during a trial. You either don't know,dont care or are tied to the legal system someway.
28 posted on 02/02/2005 5:54:42 AM PST by gunnedah
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To: laconic

You are right on. The same thing happened in the People's Republic of Washington last year - Bobbi Bridges (a Dim).
She passed go, probably collected $200, and got a get out of jail free card. She's still on the bench and will be the one of the ones who rules on Rossi v.s. Fraudoire if the case gets bumped up to the WA SC (I'm sure it will).
Hope Ohio fairs better than WA state on this - maybe you will since she wasn't using a personal car.


29 posted on 02/02/2005 6:05:04 AM PST by Seattle Conservative (Seattle Conservative)
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To: shubi

Ha, Ha, I was thinking the same-she can't take the stress of being the lone 'Rat.


30 posted on 02/02/2005 6:07:31 AM PST by izzatzo
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To: flutters

Flutters, a Justice of the State Supreme Court REFUSED to take a breathalyzer test? What an example this fine example sets. Is there an impeachment procedure that the Ohio Senate can use?


31 posted on 02/02/2005 6:20:16 AM PST by laconic
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To: smith288; Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; ...

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

32 posted on 02/02/2005 7:47:15 AM PST by mhking (Do not mess with dragons, for thou art crunchy & good with ketchup...)
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To: flutters; Argh; nomad; OneLoyalAmerican; DollyCali; boxerblues; conspiratoristo; Pontiac; ...
The officers advised her not to leave, but Resnick rolled up her window and left, Burton reported.
She pulled over again six miles later, Burton reported.

Seems this black robed tyrant thinks that the rules are only for the little people.

Northeast Ohio Pings!

33 posted on 02/02/2005 7:53:44 AM PST by NeoCaveman (Route-82.blogspot.com - "I can't help it, there I go again")
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To: Loyal Buckeye

Our Next Governor!!

I am starting a Blackwell for Governor ping list if/when I get enough material to ping...


34 posted on 02/02/2005 7:58:25 AM PST by RockinRight (It's NOT too early to start talking about 2006...or 2008.)
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To: RockinRight

Put me on it please!


35 posted on 02/02/2005 8:03:04 AM PST by Sunshine55 (Clemency for Darrell Birt NOW: http://www.petitiononline.com/su5nshin/petition.html)
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To: marty60
I appreciate the sentiment, but we had a 'rat judge plow her car into several parked cars and fail the Breathalyzer test.

It got prominent coverage on our decidedly lefty alphabet affiliates.

(of course, nearly all of the judges out here are ELWI (Extremist Left Wing Idiots)
36 posted on 02/02/2005 8:15:31 AM PST by rockrr (Revote or Revolt! It's up to you Washington!)
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To: TonyRo76

Good points Tony,

Don't you miss Mayor Buck?

Local news was alot more fun in those days...........


37 posted on 02/02/2005 8:20:26 AM PST by WhiteGuy (The Constitution requires no interpretation, only enforcement.)
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To: sdpatriot
Suspension of a driver's license is not a criminal penalty, and therefore presumption of innocence, due process, etc., don't necessarily apply.
38 posted on 02/02/2005 8:26:36 AM PST by Chemist_Geek ("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
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To: smith288

Drunk at 2pm? I thought she was an Ohio Supreme Court Justice, not a US Senator!


39 posted on 02/02/2005 8:32:09 AM PST by You Dirty Rats (Mindless BushBot)
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To: RockinRight

Good deal.

Blackwell is the strongest individual in the Republican line-up.

Petro is a probably a good manager, but we need more than that. Betty is a non-starter.


40 posted on 02/02/2005 8:48:47 AM PST by Loyal Buckeye
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