State v. Henderson

Mikell, Judge.

The state appeals the trial court’s suppression of evidence discovered during a lawful pat-down search of defendant Brian Henderson. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

The evidence presented at the hearing on the motion to suppress showed that at 11:30 p.m. on April 28, 2002, Columbus police officers David Horiuchi, Michael Danke, and Vernon Harris were on patrol in a known drug and prostitution area. The officers observed Henderson, another man, and a well-known prostitute standing together in the parking lot of an apartment complex. The apartment complex was a known drug…