State v. Cornwell, Unpublished Decision (5-22-2000)

OPINION

Appellant the State of Ohio appeals a judgment of the Holmes County Common Pleas Court granting appellee Michael Cornwell's motion to suppress evidence seized after a traffic stop:

ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR

THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN GRANTING THE MOTIONS TO SUPPRESS, AS THE OFFICER HAD A REASONABLE SUSPICION OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY BASED UPON ARTICULABLE FACTS AT THE TIME OF THE STOP.

In the early morning hours of December 21, 1998, Deputy Rick Erickson of the Holmes County Sheriff's Department was on routine patrol near the intersection of County Road 200 and State Route 241, an area commonly…