State v. Holmes

In this appeal, the state of Ohio has invoked our jurisdiction pursuant to Crim. R. 12(J) for the purpose of contesting an order of the court of common pleas that suppressed evidence material to the charges lodged in a prosecution for trafficking in drugs and drug abuse. The primary issue posed by the only assignment of error given to us for review is whether police officers had an appropriate constitutional justification for seizing the Schedule II controlled substance known as oxycodone without a warrant after they had stopped an automobile that contained two suspects who had earlier been…