State v. Ward

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 1391
• 89 N.E.3d 124

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in overruling Appellant's motion to suppress evidence. Both Appellant's initial and second encounters with a police officer were consensual, and Appellant voluntarily consented to the search. Furthermore, once the search began, the police officer discovered weapons and had a reasonable, articulable suspicion of danger that would justify seizure of Appellant and continuing the search. Judgment affirmed. (Donovan, J., dissenting).