Title: State v. Harrell

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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     The State of Ohio, Appellant, v. Harrell, Appellee.                         
     [Cite as State v. Harrell (1992),     Ohio St.3d    .]                      
Criminal law -- Search and seizure -- Ultimate or inevitable                     
     discovery exception to Exclusionary Rule, applied.                          
     (No. 91-1391 -- Submitted September 15, 1992 -- Decided                     
October 21, 1992.)                                                               
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No.                   
60888.                                                                           
                                                                                 
     Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Prosecuting Attorney, George J.                      
Sadd and L. Christopher Frey, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys,                   
for appellant.                                                                   
                                                                                 
     The judgment of the court of appeals suppressing the                        
weapons seized from appellee Harrell's house is reversed on the                  
authority of State v. Perkins (1985), 18 Ohio St.3d 193, 18 OBR                  
259 480 N.E.2d 763.  The cause is remanded to the Cuyahoga                       
County Court of Common Pleas for an evidentiary hearing on the                   
inevitable discovery exception to the Exclusionary Rule.                         
     Moyer, C.J., Sweeney, Holmes, Douglas, Wright, H. Brown                     
and Resnick, JJ., concur.