State v. Davis, Unpublished Decision (6-30-2006)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Appellant, John W. Davis, appeals the judgment of the Portage County Municipal Court denying his motion to suppress evidence.

{¶ 2} At approximately 2:00 a.m. on June 18, 2004, appellant was leaving the Zephyr Pub at the corner of South Water Street and Main Street in Kent, Ohio. As he left the bar, appellant testified he observed and made eye contact with a police officer sitting in a police cruiser outside the bar.1 Appellant entered his vehicle and proceeded down Main Street.

{¶ 3} Officer Ed Wheeler of the Kent Police Department was patrolling the downtown area of Kent when he…