State v. Banks

Brown, Judge.

{¶ 1} Kendall J.L. Banks, defendant-appellant, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, in which the court found him guilty, pursuant to a jury verdict, of possession of cocaine or crack cocaine in violation of R.C. 2925.11, which is a felony of the fifth degree.

{¶ 2} On the evening of January 9, 2007, two city of Columbus police officers, Christopher Cline and Ryan Steele, observed appellant commit a traffic violation and stopped appellant’s vehicle, which was not registered in appellant’s name. The officers determined that appellant had an…