State v. Tolliver

At 1:30 a.m. on April 16, 1982 Cleveland Police responded to a radio message that a man was making threats with a gun at “Playland,” a show bar at East 55th and Euclid Avenue. Upon arrival, the officers were directed to two individuals heading toward the exit. Charles Tolliver, the appellant, was one of them.

Tolliver was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. During routine booking procedures at the Fifth District police station five packets of cocaine were found in the lining of a jacket which police said belonged to appellant. Tolliver was then charged with one count of…