STATE v. JONES

C.A. No. 08CA0033.

2009 Ohio 670

State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Darius Jones, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Ninth District, Wayne County.

Dated: February 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Weber, Attorney at Law, for appellant.

Martin Frantz, Prosecuting Attorney, and Latecia E. Wiles, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.


DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY

DICKINSON, Judge.

INTRODUCTION

{¶1} Overconfidence can lead to incarceration. Despite being told that he was free to go, Darius Jones agreed to let police search his car. He, apparently, forgot that he was sitting on a bag of crack cocaine. When police searched him, they found $1660 in his pockets, $3000 in his boots, and more cocaine in a knit pouch that was hidden inside his underwear. After the trial...

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