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Arrestee Cannot Be Charged With Bringing Drugs Into Jail
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2004
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2004, page 39
The Ohio Second District Court of Appeals has held that an arrestee cannot be charged with knowingly conveying drugs onto the grounds of a detention facility. Stephen Sowry was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. A pat-down search revealed no weapons or contraband, and Sowry was transported ...
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