State v. Wilcox

Donovan, Judge.

{¶ 1} On March 4, 2007, just before midnight, Officers Saunders and Dedrick were finishing their shift in Dayton’s Fifth District when they observed a black Chevy Tahoe parked along the curb near the intersection of Faulkner and Riverview. The back door of the Tahoe was ajar, and a man was observed backing cautiously away from the Tahoe, diagonally across the adjacent parking lot. The officers saw the back door of the Tahoe close. The officers testified that the area where the Tahoe was observed was a high-crime area and that they found the situation to be suspicious. Believing…