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Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08 (2026)

Aggravated vehicular assault; vehicular assault

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(A) No person, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, motorcycle, utility vehicle, mini-truck, snowmobile, locomotive, watercraft, or aircraft, shall cause serious physical harm to another person or another's unborn in any of the following ways:

(1)(a) As the proximate result of committing a violation of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or of a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance;

(b) As the proximate result of committing a violation of division (A) of section 1547.11 of the Revised Code or of a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance;

(c) As the proximate result of committing a violation of division (A)(3) of section 4561.15 of the Revised Code or of a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.

(2) In one of the following ways:

(a) As the proximate result of committing, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, utility vehicle, mini-truck, or motorcycle in a construction zone, a reckless operation offense, provided that this division applies only if the person to whom the serious physical harm is caused or to whose unborn the serious physical harm is caused is in the construction zone at the time of the offender's commission of the reckless operation offense in the construction zone and does not apply as described in division (E) of this section;

(b) Recklessly.

(3) As the proximate result of committing, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, utility vehicle, mini-truck, or motorcycle in a construction zone, a speeding offense, provided that this division applies only if the person to whom the serious physical harm is caused or to whose unborn the serious physical harm is caused is in the construction zone at the time of the offender's commission of the speeding offense in the construction zone and does not apply as described in division (E) of this section.

(B)(1) Whoever violates division (A)(1) of this section is guilty of aggravated vehicular assault. Except as otherwise provided in this division, aggravated vehicular assault is a felony of the third degree. Aggravated vehicular assault is a felony of the second degree if any of the following apply:

(a) At the time of the offense, the offender was driving under a suspension imposed under Chapter 4510. or any other provision of the Revised Code.

(b) The offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section.

(c) The offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any traffic-related homicide, manslaughter, or assault offense.

(d) The offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more prior violations of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance within the previous ten years.

(e) The offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more prior violations of division (A) of section 1547.11 of the Revised Code or of a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance within the previous ten years.

(f) The offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more prior violations of division (A)(3) of section 4561.15 of the Revised Code or of a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance within the previous ten years.

(g) The offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more prior violations of any combination of the offenses listed in division (B)(1)(d), (e), or (f) of this section.

(h) The offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a second or subsequent felony violation of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code.

(2) In addition to any other sanctions imposed pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, except as otherwise provided in this division, the court shall impose upon the offender a class three suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(3) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section, any traffic-related homicide, manslaughter, or assault offense, or any traffic-related murder, felonious assault, or attempted murder offense, the court shall impose either a class two suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(2) of that section or a class one suspension as specified in division (A)(1) of that section.

(C)(1) Whoever violates division (A)(2) or (3) of this section is guilty of vehicular assault and shall be punished as provided in divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this division, vehicular assault committed in violation of division (A)(2) of this section is a felony of the fourth degree. Vehicular assault committed in violation of division (A)(2) of this section is a felony of the third degree if, at the time of the offense, the offender was driving under a suspension imposed under Chapter 4510. or any other provision of the Revised Code, if the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section or any traffic-related homicide, manslaughter, or assault offense, or if, in the same course of conduct that resulted in the violation of division (A)(2) of this section, the offender also violated section 4549.02, 4549.021, or 4549.03 of the Revised Code.

In addition to any other sanctions imposed, the court shall impose upon the offender a class four suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(4) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code or, if the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section, any traffic-related homicide, manslaughter, or assault offense, or any traffic-related murder, felonious assault, or attempted murder offense, a class three suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(3) of that section.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in this division, vehicular assault committed in violation of division (A)(3) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree. Vehicular assault committed in violation of division (A)(3) of this section is a felony of the fourth degree if, at the time of the offense, the offender was driving under a suspension imposed under Chapter 4510. or any other provision of the Revised Code or if the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section or any traffic-related homicide, manslaughter, or assault offense.

In addition to any other sanctions imposed, the court shall impose upon the offender a class four suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(4) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code or, if the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section, any traffic-related homicide, manslaughter, or assault offense, or any traffic-related murder, felonious assault, or attempted murder offense, a class three suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(3) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code.

(D)(1) The court shall impose a mandatory prison term, as described in division (D)(4) of this section, on an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division (A)(1) of this section.

(2) The court shall impose a mandatory prison term, as described in division (D)(4) of this section, on an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division (A)(2) of this section or a felony violation of division (A)(3) of this section if either of the following applies:

(a) The offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section or section 2903.06 of the Revised Code.

(b) At the time of the offense, the offender was driving under suspension under Chapter 4510. or any other provision of the Revised Code.

(3) The court shall impose a mandatory jail term of at least seven days on an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a misdemeanor violation of division (A)(3) of this section and may impose upon the offender a longer jail term as authorized pursuant to section 2929.24 of the Revised Code.

(4) A mandatory prison term required under division (D)(1) or (2) of this section shall be a definite term from the range of prison terms provided in division (A)(2)(b) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code for a felony of the second degree, from division (A)(3)(a) of that section for a felony of the third degree, or from division (A)(4) of that section for a felony of the fourth degree, whichever is applicable, except that if the violation is a felony of the second degree committed on or after March 22, 2019, the court shall impose as the minimum prison term for the offense a mandatory prison term that is one of the minimum terms prescribed for a felony of the second degree in division (A)(2)(a) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code.

(E) Divisions (A)(2)(a) and (3) of this section do not apply in a particular construction zone unless signs of the type described in section 2903.081 of the Revised Code are erected in that construction zone in accordance with the guidelines and design specifications established by the director of transportation under section 5501.27 of the Revised Code. The failure to erect signs of the type described in section 2903.081 of the Revised Code in a particular construction zone in accordance with those guidelines and design specifications does not limit or affect the application of division (A)(1) or (2)(b) of this section in that construction zone or the prosecution of any person who violates either of those divisions in that construction zone.

(F) As used in this section:

(1) "Mandatory prison term" and "mandatory jail term" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.

(2) "Traffic-related homicide, manslaughter, or assault offense" and "traffic-related murder, felonious assault, or attempted murder offense" have the same meanings as in section 2903.06 of the Revised Code.

(3) "Construction zone" has the same meaning as in section 5501.27 of the Revised Code.

(4) "Reckless operation offense" and "speeding offense" have the same meanings as in section 2903.06 of the Revised Code.

(G) For the purposes of this section, when a penalty or suspension is enhanced because of a prior or current violation of a specified law or a prior or current specified offense, the reference to the violation of the specified law or the specified offense includes any violation of any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, former law of this state, or current or former law of another state or the United States.

Last updated February 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 356 cases (147 in the last 5 years), 1960–2026 · leading case: State v. Earley (Slip Opinion), 2015 Ohio 4615 (Ohio 2015).
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State v. Earley (Slip Opinion), 2015 Ohio 4615 (Ohio 2015). · cites it 47× “R.C. 2903.08 states: 6 January Term, 2015 (A) No person, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, * * * shall cause serious physical harm to another person or another’s unborn in any of the following ways: (1)(a) As the proximate result of committing…”
State v. Zima, 806 N.E.2d 542 (Ohio 2004). · cites it 18× “On August 23, 2001, a Cuyahoga County Grand Jury returned a three-count indictment against Zima, charging her with aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08 on the basis that she was driving under the influence, aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.”
State v. Kaplowitz, 100 Ohio St. 3d 205 (Ohio 2003). · cites it 26× “{¶ 1} Today this court must answer the question certified for our review: “[WJhich version [of R.C. 2903.08] applies — the version in effect at the time of the offense or the current version, effective prior to the institution of sentencing by the trial court — when application…”
State v. Hohenberger, 938 N.E.2d 419 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 18× “{¶ 2} In September 2008, Hohenberger was indicted for Count One: aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a), a felony of the third degree; Count Two: failing to stop after an accident involving injury to persons or property in violation of R.”
State v. Smith, 2017 Ohio 537 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 11× “His sentences for the aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A) are reversed, and this matter is remanded for resentencing.”
State v. Fork, 2024 Ohio 1016 (Ohio 2024). · cites it 9× “01(B)—the statutory division that defines “motor vehicle” for penal laws—contains the appropriate definition of “motor vehicle” to apply to the offense of aggravated vehicular assault in R.”
State v. Culver, 826 N.E.2d 367 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 7× “The evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to establish the offense of aggravated vehicular assault under R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a). {¶ 4} “III. The judgment of the trial court is against the manifest weight of the evidence.”
State v. Sales, 2022 Ohio 4326 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 15× “17CA0007-M, 2018-Ohio-539, ¶ 18 (a violation of R.C. 2903.08[A][2][b] occurs "if an individual recklessly causes serious physical harm to another while driving a motor vehicle").”
State v. Jones, 2019 Ohio 60 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 10× “06(A)(2)(a), aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a), and vehicular assault in violation of R.”
State v. Harrison, 2009 Ohio 3547 (Ohio 2009). · cites it 4× “On August 23, 2001, a Cuyahoga County grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Zima, charging her with aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08 on the basis that she was driving under the influence, aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.”
State v. Johnson, 2020 Ohio 2676 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 11× “In Moore, the Fourth District Court of Appeals held that R.C. 2903.08 is not an offense of violence nor a sexual offense and therefore mandatory postrelease control is not required when the violation is a third-degree felony.”
State v. Persinger, 2016 Ohio 858 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 8× “C. 2903.06(A)(1)(a) and R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a), which required proof of violation of “division (A) of section 4511.”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(A) — 11 cases
State v. Hoffman, 717 N.E.2d 1149 (Ohio Ct. App. 1998).
State v. Smith, 2017 Ohio 537 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “His sentences for the aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A) are reversed, and this matter is remanded for resentencing.”
State v. Schneider, 2012 Ohio 1740 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012).
State v. Alfieri, 724 N.E.2d 477 (Ohio Ct. App. 1998).
State v. Bruce, 642 N.E.2d 12 (Ohio Ct. App. 1994).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(A)(1) — 42 cases
State v. Zima, 806 N.E.2d 542 (Ohio 2004). “On August 23, 2001, a Cuyahoga County Grand Jury returned a three-count indictment against Zima, charging her with aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08 on the basis that she was driving under the influence, aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.”
State v. Earley (Slip Opinion), 2015 Ohio 4615 (Ohio 2015). “R.C. 2903.08 states: 6 January Term, 2015 (A) No person, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, * * * shall cause serious physical harm to another person or another’s unborn in any of the following ways: (1)(a) As the proximate result of committing…”
State v. Kaplowitz, 100 Ohio St. 3d 205 (Ohio 2003). “{¶ 1} Today this court must answer the question certified for our review: “[WJhich version [of R.C. 2903.08] applies — the version in effect at the time of the offense or the current version, effective prior to the institution of sentencing by the trial court — when application…”
State v. Gordon, 801 N.E.2d 493 (Ohio Ct. App. 2003).
State v. Pulaski, 797 N.E.2d 116 (Ohio Ct. App. 2003).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(A)(1)(a) — 174 cases
State v. Earley (Slip Opinion), 2015 Ohio 4615 (Ohio 2015). “R.C. 2903.08 states: 6 January Term, 2015 (A) No person, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, * * * shall cause serious physical harm to another person or another’s unborn in any of the following ways: (1)(a) As the proximate result of committing…”
State v. Hohenberger, 938 N.E.2d 419 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010). “{¶ 2} In September 2008, Hohenberger was indicted for Count One: aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a), a felony of the third degree; Count Two: failing to stop after an accident involving injury to persons or property in violation of R.”
State v. Fork, 2024 Ohio 1016 (Ohio 2024). “01(B)—the statutory division that defines “motor vehicle” for penal laws—contains the appropriate definition of “motor vehicle” to apply to the offense of aggravated vehicular assault in R.”
State v. Culver, 826 N.E.2d 367 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005). “The evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to establish the offense of aggravated vehicular assault under R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a). {¶ 4} “III. The judgment of the trial court is against the manifest weight of the evidence.”
State v. Smith, 2017 Ohio 537 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “His sentences for the aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A) are reversed, and this matter is remanded for resentencing.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(A)(1)(a)(B) — 2 cases
State v. Shoemaker, 2016 Ohio 758 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016).
State v. Stigall, 2019 Ohio 1263 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(A)(2) — 28 cases
State v. Zima, 806 N.E.2d 542 (Ohio 2004). “On August 23, 2001, a Cuyahoga County Grand Jury returned a three-count indictment against Zima, charging her with aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08 on the basis that she was driving under the influence, aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.”
State v. Culver, 826 N.E.2d 367 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005). “The evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to establish the offense of aggravated vehicular assault under R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a). {¶ 4} “III. The judgment of the trial court is against the manifest weight of the evidence.”
State v. Kaplowitz, 100 Ohio St. 3d 205 (Ohio 2003). “{¶ 1} Today this court must answer the question certified for our review: “[WJhich version [of R.C. 2903.08] applies — the version in effect at the time of the offense or the current version, effective prior to the institution of sentencing by the trial court — when application…”
State v. Solomon, 2012 Ohio 5755 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012).
State v. Hohenberger, 938 N.E.2d 419 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010). “{¶ 2} In September 2008, Hohenberger was indicted for Count One: aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a), a felony of the third degree; Count Two: failing to stop after an accident involving injury to persons or property in violation of R.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(A)(2)(B) — 4 cases
State v. Adair, 2023 Ohio 1191 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
State v. Hayes, 2023 Ohio 4119 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
State v. Hayes, 2024 Ohio 845 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024).
State v. Thompson, 2021 Ohio 1118 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(A)(2)(C) — 1 case
State v. Montgomery, 2016 Ohio 1497 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(A)(2)(a) — 8 cases
State v. Nelson, 2024 Ohio 5750 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024).
State v. Nastal, 2022 Ohio 970 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).
State v. Jones, 2018 Ohio 954 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018).
State v. Rickard, 2015 Ohio 3298 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015).
State v. Rickard, 2020 Ohio 294 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(A)(2)(b) — 145 cases
State v. Hohenberger, 938 N.E.2d 419 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010). “{¶ 2} In September 2008, Hohenberger was indicted for Count One: aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a), a felony of the third degree; Count Two: failing to stop after an accident involving injury to persons or property in violation of R.”
State v. Sales, 2022 Ohio 4326 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). “17CA0007-M, 2018-Ohio-539, ¶ 18 (a violation of R.C. 2903.08[A][2][b] occurs "if an individual recklessly causes serious physical harm to another while driving a motor vehicle").”
State v. Johnson, 2020 Ohio 2676 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “In Moore, the Fourth District Court of Appeals held that R.C. 2903.08 is not an offense of violence nor a sexual offense and therefore mandatory postrelease control is not required when the violation is a third-degree felony.”
State v. Nastal, 2022 Ohio 970 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).
State v. Smith, 2017 Ohio 537 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “His sentences for the aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A) are reversed, and this matter is remanded for resentencing.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(A)(2)(b)(C) — 2 cases
State v. Stigall, 2019 Ohio 1263 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019).
State v. Posey, 2026 Ohio 1033 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(A)(3) — 1 case
Kern v. State, 2014 Ohio 1740 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(A)(l)(a) — 1 case
State v. Armstrong, 2019 Ohio 2843 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(B) — 4 cases
State v. Smith, 2017 Ohio 537 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “His sentences for the aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A) are reversed, and this matter is remanded for resentencing.”
State v. Fork, 2024 Ohio 1016 (Ohio 2024). “01(B)—the statutory division that defines “motor vehicle” for penal laws—contains the appropriate definition of “motor vehicle” to apply to the offense of aggravated vehicular assault in R.”
State v. Fork, 2024 Ohio 1016 (Ohio 2024).
State v. Kinder, 746 N.E.2d 1205 (Ohio Ct. App. 2000).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(B)(1) — 11 cases
State v. Earley (Slip Opinion), 2015 Ohio 4615 (Ohio 2015). “R.C. 2903.08 states: 6 January Term, 2015 (A) No person, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, * * * shall cause serious physical harm to another person or another’s unborn in any of the following ways: (1)(a) As the proximate result of committing…”
State v. Fork, 2024 Ohio 1016 (Ohio 2024). “01(B)—the statutory division that defines “motor vehicle” for penal laws—contains the appropriate definition of “motor vehicle” to apply to the offense of aggravated vehicular assault in R.”
State v. Kaplowitz, 100 Ohio St. 3d 205 (Ohio 2003). “{¶ 1} Today this court must answer the question certified for our review: “[WJhich version [of R.C. 2903.08] applies — the version in effect at the time of the offense or the current version, effective prior to the institution of sentencing by the trial court — when application…”
State v. Jones, 2019 Ohio 60 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “06(A)(2)(a), aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a), and vehicular assault in violation of R.”
State v. Summit, 2021 Ohio 4562 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(B)(1)(a) — 5 cases
State v. Neumann-Boles, 2011 Ohio 6684 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011).
State v. Smith, 2025 Ohio 2086 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025).
State v. Neumann-Boles, 2013 Ohio 3968 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013).
State v. Kraft, 2013 Ohio 4658 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013).
State v. Hurley, 2025 Ohio 5432 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(B)(1)(c) — 1 case
State v. Lunn, 2021 Ohio 302 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(B)(2) — 7 cases
State v. Rogers, 2017 Ohio 9161 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017).
State v. Stafford, 817 N.E.2d 411 (Ohio Ct. App. 2004).
State v. Kaplowitz, 100 Ohio St. 3d 205 (Ohio 2003). “{¶ 1} Today this court must answer the question certified for our review: “[WJhich version [of R.C. 2903.08] applies — the version in effect at the time of the offense or the current version, effective prior to the institution of sentencing by the trial court — when application…”
State v. Parsons, 2013 Ohio 1281 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013).
State v. Sow, 2019 Ohio 3641 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(C) — 3 cases
State v. Parrish, 2012 Ohio 3153 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012).
State v. Buchert, 2016 Ohio 7580 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016).
State v. Pacheco, 2023 Ohio 4208 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(C)(1) — 4 cases
State v. Hohenberger, 938 N.E.2d 419 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010). “{¶ 2} In September 2008, Hohenberger was indicted for Count One: aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a), a felony of the third degree; Count Two: failing to stop after an accident involving injury to persons or property in violation of R.”
State v. Jones, 2019 Ohio 60 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “06(A)(2)(a), aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a), and vehicular assault in violation of R.”
State v. Hicks, 2012 Ohio 3831 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012).
State v. Unrue, 2020 Ohio 6808 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(C)(2) — 17 cases
State v. Whitfield, 2023 Ohio 240 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
State v. Lichtenwalter, 2021 Ohio 1394 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021).
State v. Johnson, 2020 Ohio 2676 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “In Moore, the Fourth District Court of Appeals held that R.C. 2903.08 is not an offense of violence nor a sexual offense and therefore mandatory postrelease control is not required when the violation is a third-degree felony.”
State v. Pegues, 2026 Ohio 2072 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026).
State v. Jeter, 2023 Ohio 145 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(C)(3) — 1 case
State v. McNear, 2022 Ohio 2365 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(D) — 2 cases
State v. Grays, 2023 Ohio 221 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
State v. Yarbrough, 846 N.E.2d 84 (Ohio Ct. App. 2006).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(D)(1) — 14 cases
State v. Earley (Slip Opinion), 2015 Ohio 4615 (Ohio 2015). “R.C. 2903.08 states: 6 January Term, 2015 (A) No person, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, * * * shall cause serious physical harm to another person or another’s unborn in any of the following ways: (1)(a) As the proximate result of committing…”
State v. Sales, 2022 Ohio 4326 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). “17CA0007-M, 2018-Ohio-539, ¶ 18 (a violation of R.C. 2903.08[A][2][b] occurs "if an individual recklessly causes serious physical harm to another while driving a motor vehicle").”
State v. Roush, 2014 Ohio 4887 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014).
State v. Sow, 2019 Ohio 3641 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019).
State v. Doss, 2020 Ohio 5510 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(D)(2) — 1 case
State v. Montgomery, 2016 Ohio 1497 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(D)(2)(b) — 2 cases
State v. Jeter, 2023 Ohio 145 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
State v. Williams, 2025 Ohio 1909 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.08(G) — 1 case
State v. Neumann-Boles, 2011 Ohio 6684 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011).
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