State v. Cargile

{¶ 1} This case presents the question whether a person who is taken to a detention facility after his arrest and who at the time of entering the facility possesses a drug of abuse has voluntarily conveyed a drug of abuse onto the grounds of a detention facility and can therefore be found guilty of violating R.C. 2921.36(A)(2). We answer the foregoing question in the affirmative and, therefore, reverse the court of appeals’ judgment.

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{¶ 2} In March 2007, appellee, Cleveland Cargile, was arrested on charges of robbery. At the time of the arrest, the arresting officer conducted a pat-down search…