STATE v. McFARLAND

No. 44239.

4 Ohio App. 3d 158 (1982)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. McFARLAND, APPELLEE.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Cuyahoga County.

Decided June 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John B. Gibbons, for appellant.

Mr. Thomas Shaughnessy, for appellee.


MARKUS, J.

The state appeals from the trial court's order suppressing certain physical evidence in a prosecution for possession of narcotics. The state claims the narcotics found on defendant's person were obtained by the police during a search incident to a valid arrest after a justifiable temporary detention.1 We agree, so we are obliged to reverse.

Defendant was stopped and detained by a police officer who admittedly lacked...

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