Patterson v. State

Appellant was charged in St. Joseph County with the crime of robbery, which was alleged to have been perpetrated on the 15th day of November, 1966. Trial resulted in a verdict of guilty of the included crime of theft.

On the 21st day of November, 1966, the appellant was apprehended by an Ohio State Police Officer while driving his automobile on the Ohio State Turnpike. The arresting officer had just received police radio communication that there had just been an armed robbery at the Exit 6 Motel, and that the subject believed to be involved entered the turnpike at Exit 6. He was described as a…