State v. Faggs, 08-Ca-35 (4-8-2009)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-Appellant Clinton Dontez Faggs, III, appeals from his conviction of one count of carrying a concealed weapon, a felony of the fourth degree. The State of Ohio is Plaintiff-Appellee.

{¶ 2} On April 15, 2007, at approximately 5:30 p.m., the Mansfield Police Department received a 911 call from a person who stated they were at 542 Woodland Avenue and that they had observed two men, one white and one black, in a black pickup truck, waving a gun around inside the truck.

{¶ 3} Officer Ronald Barnes, of the Mansfield Park Police, was two blocks away from Woodland Avenue when he…