STATE v. CARGILE

No. 2008-1452.

123 Ohio St.3d 343 (2009)

2009-Ohio-4939

THE STATE OF OHIO, Appellant, v. CARGILE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Kristen L. Sobieski, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.

Jerome Emoff, for appellee.

Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, and Melissa M. Prendergast, Assistant Public Defender, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Public Defender.


CUPP, J.

{¶ 1} This case presents the question whether a person who is taken to a detention facility after his arrest and who at the time of entering the facility possesses a drug of abuse has voluntarily conveyed a drug of abuse onto the grounds of a detention facility and can therefore be found guilty of violating R.C. 2921.36(A)(2). We answer the foregoing question in the affirmative and, therefore, reverse the court of appeals' judgment.

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