Legal Opinion
State v. Mesley
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided September 30, 1999No. Trial Court No. CR98-1926. Court of Appeals No. L-99-1035PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sherck, Judge.
This case involves the state’s appeal of a drug suppression order issued by the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas. Because police did not have a reason able, articulable suspicion of criminal activity to intrude upon a parked vehicle in which appellee was a passenger, we affirm the trial court’s decision to suppress.
On April 24, 1998, Toledo police had appellee, Marvin Mesley, under surveillance at a strip mall. When they approached the vehicle where appellee was sitting in the passenger’s seat, they saw a bag of narcotic pills in appellee’s lap and arrested him. Appellee was…
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