State v. Whitmore

Singer, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} This matter is on appeal from an order of the Sandusky Municipal Court denying the return of seized property to a former criminal defendant. For the following reasons, we reverse.

{¶ 2} On February 27, 2000, appellant, Carl W. Whitmore, called the Sandusky police and requested that officers come to his residence immediately. The officers noted in their report that appellant’s speech was slurred, his eyes were bloodshot, and he appeared intoxicated. Appellant showed them a firearm lying on an arm of a chair and stated, “Here’s my gun.” A confrontation ensued after…