State v. Paladin

Plaintiff-appellant, the state of Ohio, filed two separate appeals which were consolidated on April 29, 1987. Defendants-appel-lees, Richard A. and Sally J. Paladin, are husband and wife. Both cases involve the same facts and are discussed together herein.

On July 2, 1986, the Eastlake Police Department received information about a burglary which had occurred in October 1985. The information came from Donald Moran who was already in jail for a separate offense. A second informant, Jimmy Tomsik, confirmed Moran’s story. Both informants said they had been involved in the burglary. Police…