State v. Stafford

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 7118

Syllabus

The trial court did not err by denying appellant's motion to suppress where police officers had a reasonable suspicion that criminal activity was afoot thereby justifying an investigatory stop of the vehicle in which appellant was a passenger after appellant was seen making a hand-to-hand drug transaction in a high crime area known for illegal drug activity. The trial court also did not err by denying appellant's motion for a mistrial upon claims that he was denied a fair trial based on hearsay statements and because he was denied the right to confront witnesses against him where there was overwhelming evidence to support appellant's conviction for various drug charges, as well as carrying a concealed weapon, and having a weapon while under disability after he was discovered to be in possession of several illegal drugs, clear plastic baggies, a digital scale, pill bottles, two cell phones, several hundred dollars in a case, and a loaded firearm.