State v. Sparks

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 4930

Syllabus

The evidence presented at trial was sufficient to support the jury's verdict finding appellant guilty of aggravated possession of drugs. A police officer's testimony that a pipe containing trace amounts of methamphetamine was found in a pocket of a coat appellant was wearing supported an inference that appellant knew the pipe was there. The officer's failure to detect the pipe during an initial pat-down of appellant or to question him about the pipe did not negate an inference of knowledge, nor did appellant's intoxication. The verdict was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Judgment affirmed.