City of Akron v. Sharpe

Plaintiff filed a motion to suppress the weapon seized on January 4, 1986, and any testimony relative to that instrument. The motion included a memorandum on the facts and the law, and an evidentiary hearing was held on January 13, 1986. The parties declined the opportunity to present additional statements of the law.

For purposes of this motion the court finds the pertinent facts as follows:

During the early morning hours of January 4, 1986, Akron police officers Urdíales and Smith were on duty in a police cruiser when they observed an automobile failing to stop at five separate stop signs in…