Speeding ticket fight heads to Ohio Supreme Court

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man is taking his fight over a $100 speeding ticket to the Ohio Supreme Court, where he’ll argue the ticket is invalid because the police officer who made the traffic stop left a box unchecked.

Legal battles over speeding tickets rarely make it to the state’s highest court, but justices agreed to hear the case Tuesday to settle conflicting rulings from separate appeals courts.

Gary Kieffaber, a computer systems analyst from northeast Ohio, has spent two years and $400 in court costs contesting the ticket. A decision in his favor could force police officers to be more thorough in their paperwork and perhaps lead to more legal challenges of traffic violations, some attorneys say.

A ruling isn’t expected for several months.