Alice Robie Resnick
Alice Robie Resnick | |
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Robert Cupp | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alice Robie August 21, 1939 Democratic |
| Spouse | Melvin L. Resnick |
| Residence(s) | Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
| Education | Siena Heights University, University of Detroit Mercy |
Alice Robie Resnick (born August 21, 1939) is an American attorney and jurist who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Early life
Alice Robie was born on August 21, 1939, in
University of Detroit Law School in 1964. She married Melvin L. Resnick on March 20, 1970.[1]
Career
In 1988, she was the second woman in
Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals
.
One of her most controversial opinions was the 4–3 majority ruling that Ohio's school funding system was unconstitutional.[citation needed]
On January 17, 2006, Resnick announced that she would not seek a fourth term. She left office on January 1, 2007.[citation needed]
Resnick was selected in 1995 to the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.[3]
Conviction
On January 31, 2005, she was arrested by the
Blood Alcohol Concentration of 0.22, nearly three times the legal limit in the state of Ohio. A dashboard camera recorded the incident, and much of the audio showing Justice Resnick trying to use her office to get out of the DUI charge appeared on the internet. She was convicted of DUI, a first degree misdemeanor, required to take a three-day alcohol education program, and her license was suspended for six months, overriding the automatic suspension of one year. She was not charged with failure to comply with a police officer, resisting arrest
, or fleeing from police. A new state law also implemented a mandatory jail sentence for offenders who refuse a sobriety test and show greater than a 0.17 BAC. The incident and penalty sparked a wave of public criticism, especially after portions of the 90-minute videotape surfaced on various internet video websites.
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References
- ^ Who's Who in American Law 1992-1993. Marquis Who's Who. 1991. p. 835.
- ^ "Alice Robie Resnick". Supreme Court of Ohio. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- ^ "Alice Robie Resnick". Supreme Court of Ohio. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ^ Kasler, Karen (February 7, 2005). "Justice admits to drinking on tapes from troopers' cars". Statehouse News Bureau. Archived from the original on March 10, 2005.
- ^ "National Briefing | Midwest: Ohio: Judge Charged With Drunken Driving". The New York Times. February 2, 2005. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ "Justice pleads guilty to drunken driving". Springfield News Sun. February 8, 2005.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ohio State Supreme Court Judge Alice Robie Resnick Previously Convicted of Drunk Driving Cited in Traffic Accident with Injuries But Officers Failed to Conduct Field Sobriety Tests". badcopnews.com.[permanent dead link]