State v. Gladden

In July 1991, defendant-appellant Paul Gladden, while driving through the city of Blue Ash, was arrested and charged with drug abuse for possessing crack cocaine, which was found under the passenger seat of his automobile. Pursuant to a plea agreement, the prosecutor reduced the charge to attempted drug abuse, a misdemeanor of the first degree pursuant to R.C. 2923.02, in exchange for appellant’s forfeiture of his automobile. Appellant pleaded guilty to the reduced charge and was sentenced to six months’ non-reporting probation and fined $10. An order granting forfeiture of the automobile was…