State v. Pottersnak, Unpublished Decision (6-29-2001)

OPINION

Defendant-appellant, Gregory K. Pottersnak, appeals his conviction in the Jefferson County Common Pleas Court for drug trafficking.

In October 1998, John C. Meyers (Meyers), Drug Enforcement Director at the Jefferson County Prosecutor's Office, began an undercover drug operation known as Operation Stern Message. The operation was initiated to target the trafficking of crack cocaine in the city of Steubenville, Ohio.

Meyers hired William Welsh (Welsh), a professional undercover agent, for the purpose of conducting controlled buys of crack cocaine. Meyers set up Welsh in an apartment…