STATE v. MILLER

No. 2011-T-0016.

2011 Ohio 5860

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mario A. Miller, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eleventh District, Trumbull County.

November 14, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Watkins , Trumbull County Prosecutor, and Lynn B. Griffith, III , Assistant Prosecutor, Administration Building, Fourth Floor, 160 High Street, N.W., Warren, OH 44481-1092 (For Plaintiff-Appellant).

Alan J. Matavich , 205 Home Savings Bank Building, 32 State Street, Struthers, OH 44471 (For Defendant-Appellee).


OPINION

CYNTHIA WESTCOTT RICE, J.

{¶1} Appellant, the state of Ohio, appeals the judgment of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas granting the motion to suppress evidence filed by appellee, Mario A. Miller. At issue is whether the police were authorized to search appellee's vehicle and to seize narcotics found therein. For the reasons that follow, we hold the police were so authorized and we therefore reverse and remand.

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