State v. Sincell, Unpublished Decision (4-12-2002)

OPINION

This appeal is brought by the State of Ohio pursuant to Crim.R. 12(J) from an order of the court of common pleas sustaining defendant-appellee Jacqlyn Sincell's motion to suppress evidence that police had seized from her purse in the course of an arrest. The State contends that the trial court erred in not finding that this evidence is admissible under the inevitable discovery doctrine.

We conclude that the police acted reasonably in retrieving Sincell's purse from the front seat of a truck, in which she had been observed committing an act of prostitution. There was no reason to believe…