State v. Chapman

Marianna Brown Bettman, Judge.

In response to information from a confidential informant about drugs and a sawed-off shotgun, Cincinnati Police Officers Sneed and Ingram, who were assigned to the “street corner unit,” went to an apartment at 1827 Baltimore to ask some questions. Two uniformed officers were with them at the time. Officer Sneed knocked on the door and was invited in by “a guy in the kitchen,” who said, “Come in, they are in the back.” Once inside the door, Sneed identified herself as a police officer. Her partner and one uniformed officer went straight to the back of the…