State v. Thompson

Judith Ann Lanzinger, Judge.

This case is before the court on a motion to suppress filed by the defendant, Tabitha Thompson, who was charged with theft of welfare benefits on January 12, 1995, as a result of a search of her residence on October 13, 1994. At the hearing held on March 24, 1995 on the suppression motion, the state presented testimony of Toledo Police Detectives Michael Awls and William Jay Gast, as well as Detective Kip Lewton of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification. All were subject to cross-examination. Upon consideration of the evidence given at the suppression hearing,…