State v. Bertram

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 80 Ohio St.3d 281.] THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, V. BERTRAM, APPELLEE. [Cite as State v. Bertram,

1997-Ohio-114.] Criminal procedure—State’s appeal of a motion to suppress, made pursuant to Crim.R. 12(J), is an appeal as of right—Appellate court is without authority to review a prosecutor’s Crim.R. 12(J) certification of an appeal. 1. The state’s appeal of a motion to suppress, made pursuant to Crim.R. 12(J), is an appeal as of right. 2. An appellate court is without authority to review a prosecutor’s Crim.R. 12(J) certification…