COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 80109
CITY OF CLEVELAND,            :         ACCELERATED
                              :
     Plaintiff-Appellee       :
                              :        JOURNAL ENTRY
     vs.                      :              AND
                              :            OPINION
DONALD NOVICK,                :
                              :
     Defendant-Appellant      :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    SEPTEMBER 12, 2002
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:      :    Criminal appeal from
                              :    Cleveland Municipal Court
                              :    Case No. 2001-TRD 058611
JUDGMENT                      :    AFFIRMED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For plaintiff-appellee:       Lauren C. Moore, Esq.
                              Chief Prosecutor
                              City of Cleveland
                              The Justice Center   8th Floor
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
For defendant-appellant:      Donald Novick, Pro Se
                              3206 Prospect Avenue
                              Apartment No. 11
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44115
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MICHAEL J. CORRIGAN, P.J.:
     This case  came to be  heard upon  the accelerated  calendar
pursuant to  App.R. 11.1  and Loc.R.  11.1, the  record from  the
Cuyahoga  County Court of  Common Pleas and  the briefs and  oral
arguments of counsel.  The municipal court found defendant Donald
Novick guilty of several traffic offenses, the primary being  his
citation for  a shifting load that  arose when ten grocery  store
shopping carts that he had been towing behind his vehicle  snaked
out into the road.  In this pro se appeal, he complains  that the
city failed  to present  sufficient evidence  that the  arresting
officer witnessed the offense and that he had not been wearing  a
seat belt.
     The court heard sufficient evidence to prove that the police
officer witnessed the  offense, as the officer testified that  he
watched Novick towing the carts for four blocks before making the
traffic  stop.  See Tr. 7.   As for the seat belt charge,  Novick
admitted that he had not been wearing a seat belt at the time.  See
Tr. 17.   Finally, the  officer's testimony,  if believed,  would
support a charge of shifting load as the evidence showed that the
shopping carts had fish-tailed  into the street.  See Tr. 10.  The
assigned errors are overruled.
     Judgment affirmed.
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     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 Cleveland Municipal Court to carry this judgment into
execution.  The defendant's conviction having been affirmed,  any
bail pending  appeal is terminated.   Case remanded to the  trial
court for execution of sentence.
     A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the  mandate
pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
                                        MICHAEL J. CORRIGAN
                                          PRESIDING JUDGE
PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, J., and
FRANK D. CELEBREZZE, JR., J., CONCUR.
N.B.  This entry is an announcement of the court's decision.  See
App.R. 22(B), 22(D) and 26(A); Loc.App.R. 27.  This decision will
be journalized and will become the judgment and order of the court
pursuant to App.R.22(E) unless a motion for reconsideration  with
supporting brief, per App.R. 26(A), is filed within ten (10) days
of the announcement of the court's decision.  The time period for
review by the Supreme Court of  Ohio shall begin to run upon  the
journalization of  this court's announcement  of decision by  the
clerk  per App.R.  22(E).   See, also,  S.Ct.Prac.R. II,  Section
2(A)(1).
 
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