State v. Collins

The question before us is whether the state, in a criminal case, may prosecute an appeal from an order granting a defendant’s pre-trial motion to suppress evidence.

Section 3 of Article IV of the Ohio Constitution, pertaining to the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals, provides, in part:

“* * * Courts of Appeals shall have such jurisdiction as may be provided by law to review and affirm, modify, or reverse judgments or final orders of the courts of record *108inferior to the Court of Appeals within the district * *

This, and former analogous language, has been held to empower the General Assembly…