State v. Ingram

Fain, Presiding Judge.

The state of Ohio appeals, pursuant to Crim.R. 12(J), from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Clark County granting defendant-appellee Herbert K. Ingram’s motion to suppress evidence obtained from a warrantless search of his person. The state contends that Ingram voluntarily consented to the search. The trial court found that: (1) there was a sufficient show of authority that Ingram was effectively seized, finding that “obviously, the officers would have kept him from leaving if he had attempted to leave at that time”; (2) the officers had no reasonable grounds to…