State v. Coker

In the early morning hours of May 19, 1983, Akron police officers Albert Stump and Kenneth Clark observed a small yellow automobile without headlights and with its trunk lid propped open, make an irregular left turn while travelling at a high rate of speed. The officers stopped the car; Kelly Davis, 'later identified as Franklin Deem, was the driver and James Coker, appellant herein, the passenger. Officer Clark approached the automobile from the passenger side and noticed Coker leaning over toward the. middle of the car with his hands down beside the seat. The officer instructed Deem and…