State v. Jackson

Sherck, Judge.

This appeal comes to us from a judgment of conviction and the subsequent imposition of sentence by the Wood County Court of Common Pleas on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. Because we conclude that the trial court improperly denied appellant’s motion to suppress, we reverse appellant’s conviction.

Shortly after midnight on December 10, 1994, officers in three squad cars from the Bowling Green Police Department responded to a complaint of a disturbance in Carter Park on the city’s east side. When the officers arrived at the park, they observed three cars leaving, including…