State v. Cathel

Baird, Judge.

Steven C. Cathel appeals from his conviction and sentence by the Akron Municipal Court. We reverse.

Responding to complaints about someone trying to break into cars at an address on Hillman Street in Akron, Akron police officers stopped Cathel as he was walking down Hillman at approximately 2:30 a.m. on April 21, 1997. The officers arrested Cathel on a charge of criminal mischief, in violation of Akron City Code 131.07. In the ensuing patdown search of Cathel, police discovered, in Cathel’s front left pocket, a knife, the blade of which was emblazoned with the trade name…