State High Court Justice Admits to Driving Drunk
From Staff and Wire Reports
An Ohio Supreme Court justice pleaded guilty in Bowling Green to drunken driving, with her lawyer saying she was an alcoholic who suffered a relapse.
The judge suspended Justice Alice Robie Resnick’s license for six months and ordered her to complete a three-day alcohol rehabilitation program.
“Justice Resnick, for the better part of her adult life, has been fighting alcoholism,” her lawyer Sheldon Wittenberg said after the hearing. Wittenberg said Resnick, a first-time offender, was not considering resigning.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
