State v. Trivette

Whitmore, Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellant, the state of Ohio, appeals from the judgment of the Wayne County Court of Common Pleas, concluding that the vehicle of Ashley Trivette, appellee, was not subject to forfeiture. This court affirms.

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{¶ 2} In February 2010, Trivette twice drove another individual, Greg Conley Jr., to Walmart in her 2002 Ford Explorer. Conley stole three laptop computers *303from the store on the first occasion and two laptops on the second occasion. Surveillance video from Walmart captured Trivette and Conley together and using Trivette’s vehicle as a means of transportation to and…