City of Cleveland Heights v. Stross

The lower court granted appellee’s motion to suppress a written confession because the statement had not been made voluntarily. The city of Cleveland Heights appealed.

At approximately noon, defendant-appellee, Anthony Stross, who was nineteen years old and a stock clerk for Gold Circle in Cleveland Heights, was detained by security for questioning concerning the alleged theft of a radio. An alleged accomplice was also detained in a separate room. Appellee had been at work since 6:00 a.m. and was about to take a lunch break when security took him to an upstairs office, where he was held until…