State v. Coffman, 2007-A-0029 (6-29-2007)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

{¶ 1} On March 12, 2007, appellant, the state of Ohio, filed a notice of appeal from a February 14, 2007 judgment of the Ashtabula Court of Common Pleas. In this judgment, the trial court granted appellee's motion to suppress the evidence obtained as a result of an arrest on January 29, 2006, at Geneva-on-the-Lake. In addition to its notice of appeal, appellant filed a motion for leave to appeal under App.R. 5(C).

{¶ 2} Crim.R. 12(K) governs state appeals where the trial court has granted a motion to suppress evidence. The rule provides, in part, as follows:

{¶ 3} "When the…