STATE v. STETZ

No. 2011-A-0008.

2011 Ohio 6516

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ronald G. Stetz, II, Defendant-Appellee.

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

December 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Sartini , Ashtabula County Prosecutor, and Shelley M. Pratt , Assistant Prosecutor, Ashtabula County Courthouse, 25 West Jefferson Street, Jefferson, OH 44047-1092 (For Plaintiff-Appellant).

Marie Lane , Ashtabula County Public Defender, Inc., 4817 State Road, Suite 202, Ashtabula, OH 44004-6927 (For Defendant-Appellee).


OPINION

MARY JANE TRAPP, J.

{¶1} Appellant, the state of Ohio, appeals from the decision of the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, suppressing an out of court identification of the defendant-appellee, Ronald G. Stetz, II. The state argues that, although the practice of "showups" often proves highly unreliable, the totality of the circumstances in Mr. Stetz's case produced a reliable identification, which should have withstood a suppression...

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