State v. Carter

Citations

• 183 N.E.3d 611
• 2022 Ohio 91

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in overruling appellant's motion to suppress. Based upon the totality of the circumstances following a ShotSpotter alert at an early morning hour, the officers' reasonable articulable suspicion justified the Terry stop of appellant, a solitary pedestrian in the radius area of the alert, whose demeanor caused the officers to fear he might be armed and dangerous and pose a threat to their safety. In the course of the ensuing pat down for weapons, an officer lawfully seized methamphetamine \sticking out\ from appellant's shorts. Ineffective assistance of counsel is not demonstrated in relation to appellant's no contest plea. Judgment affirmed. (Tucker, P.J., concurring.)