The Supreme Court of Ohio recently decided the case of State v. Brooke (2007), 113 Ohio St.3d 199.  In this case the Supreme Court held the state to its burden in proving the voluntariness of waivers of counsel in previous DUI convictions.  The State will be required to show more than that a conviction was recorded and, when challenged, carries the burden of proving the waiver of cousel was voluntary and complied with applicable law.  If you face a 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th DUI make sure your attorney makes the State live up to this burden. 

Charles M. Rowland II

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