State v. Leonard

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, the State of Ohio, appeals a judgment of the Ross County Court of Common Pleas granting a motion to suppress filed by defendant-appellee, Pamela D. Leonard. On appeal, the State raises two assignments of error, arguing that (1) the trial court erred by suppressing incriminating statements and evidence because the statements and evidence were voluntarily made and handed over by Leonard, and were not obtained as a result of coercive police tactics; and (2) even if the statements and evidence were obtained involuntarily, the doctrine of inevitable discovery applies.…