Can a DUI/OVI be dismissed in Ohio?
Yes: OVI charges in Ohio are dismissed or reduced when the evidence has a legal defect: an unlawful stop, improperly administered field sobriety tests, breath-test machines out of calibration, or missed procedural requirements. Dismissals are won on suppression motions far more often than at trial.
Ohio courts apply strict standards to OVI evidence. Field sobriety tests must substantially comply with national testing standards; breath tests must follow Ohio Department of Health regulations on calibration, operator certification, and the observation period. When a judge suppresses the test results, the state's case often collapses into a reduction or dismissal.
No honest lawyer promises a dismissal. What we promise is that every piece of evidence gets independently examined, because that examination is where dismissals come from.
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