COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT 
                        COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA 
                             NO. 68199
CITY OF STRONGSVILLE          :   ACCELERATED DOCKET
                              :
        Plaintiff-appellee    :
                              :      JOURNAL ENTRY
     -vs-                     :           AND
                              :         OPINION
FRANK URBANCIC, JR.           :
                              :
        Defendant-apppellant  :
                              :       PER CURIAM
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT          :     OCTOBER 5, 1995
  OF DECISION                 :                        
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING       :    Criminal appeal from
                                   Berea Municipal Court
                              :    Case No. 94-TRC-1294
JUDGMENT                      :    AFFIRMED
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :                        
APPEARANCES:
For plaintiff-appellee:       For defendant-appellant:
JOSEPH A. GAMBINO, ESQ.       GREGORY SCOTT ROBEY, ESQ.
Prosecuting Attorney          Robey & Robey
City of Strongsville          4825 Turney Road
11221 Pearl Road              Cleveland, OH 44125
Strongsville, OH 44136
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PER CURIAM:
     This cause came on  to be heard upon the  accelerated calendar
pursuant to App. R. 11.1 and Loc. R. 25, the records from the Berea
Municicpal Court  and the briefs of  counsel.  A police  officer of
the  city  of  Strongsville arrested  defendant  Frank  Urbancic on
charges of operating a  motor vehicle with a blood  alcohol content
in excess of  .10.  Defendant appeals  the denial of his  motion to
suppress the results of the breathalyzer test.  His two assignments
of  error  argue the  officer  lacked  probable cause  to  stop him
because he relied on an unsubstantiated tip.
     The trial judge made the following findings of fact:
          "Timothy  Morse  testified  he  was  a  service
          station  attendant,  observed  Defendant  drive
          into the station  on two flat tires,  smelled a
          strong  odor of  alcohol  about the  Defendant,
          observed glassy eyes, saw  Defendant hold on to
          objects as  he walked and  in Morse's  opinion,
          Defendant was  under the influence  of alcohol.
          Morse called the police.
          Scott Rezabech,  a police officer,  arrived and
          observed Defendant  struggling with  a tire  in
          the trunk of his car, Defendant was swaying and
          holding on to  his car for support.   Defendant
          was given field sobriety  tests which he failed
          and an arrest was made."
     The assigned errors are overruled because  the facts set forth
by the  trial  judge fully  support  the conclusion  the  arresting
officer could reasonably  rely on  the attendant's observations  of
defendant's operation of a motor vehicle to stop defendant and test
him for consumption of alcohol.  See Oregon v. Szakovits (1972), 32
Ohio St.2d  271; Beachwood v.  Sims (1994), 98  Ohio App.3d 9,  17.
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Moreover, the facts also indicate the officer's own observations of
defendant's  condition  independently corroborated  the attendant's
observations.  See Alabama v. White (1990), 496 U.S. 325; Beachwood
v. Smolney  (1991), 74 Ohio App.3d  756; State v. Rahmon  (Oct. 28,
1993), Cuyahoga App. No. 63913, unreported.
     Judgment affirmed.
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     This cause is affirmed. 
     It is  ordered that  appellee recover of  appellant its  costs
herein taxed.  
     The Court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.
     It is ordered  that a special mandate issue out  of this Court
directing the  Berea Municipal  Court to  carry this judgment  into
execution.  
     A certified  copy of this  entry shall constitute  the mandate
pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.  
                              CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN T. PATTON
                              JUDGE SARA J. HARPER
                              JUDGE JOSEPH NAHRA
N.B.   This entry is  made pursuant to  the third sentence  of Rule
22(D), Ohio Rules  of Appellate  Procedure.  This  is an  announce-
ment  of  decision (see  Rule 26).    Ten (10)  days from  the date
hereof, this document will be  stamped to indicate journaliza-tion,
.