STATE v. VAUGHN

Appellate No. 25304.

2012 Ohio 6227

STATE OF OHIO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATASHA ANN VAUGHN Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Second District, Montgomery County.

Rendered on December 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MATHIAS H. HECK, JR. , by KIRSTEN A. BRANDT , Atty. Reg. #0070162, Montgomery County Prosecutor's Office, Appellate Division, Montgomery County Courts Building, P.O. Box 972, 301 West Third Street, Dayton, Ohio 45422, Attorney for Plaintiff-Appellant.

VICTOR A. HODGE , Atty. Reg. #0007298, Law Office of the Public Defender, 117 South Main Street, Suite 400, Dayton, Ohio 45422, Attorney for Defendant-Appellee.


OPINION

FAIN, J.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, the State of Ohio, appeals from an order suppressing evidence. The State contends that the trial court erred in suppressing evidence — a plastic baggie and its contents — seized from the sweatshirt pocket of defendant-appellee Latasha A. Vaughn, where a police officer observed it.

{¶ 2} We disagree. The police officer who seized the evidence — a plastic...

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