State v. Glover , 2015 Ohio 3707 ( 2015 )


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  • [Cite as State v. Glover, 
    2015-Ohio-3707
    .]
    IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
    TWELFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT OF OHIO
    BROWN COUNTY
    STATE OF OHIO,                                    :
    CASE NO. CA2015-01-002
    Plaintiff-Appellee,                       :
    OPINION
    :              9/14/2015
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    :
    GENE GLOVER,                                      :
    Defendant-Appellant.                      :
    CRIMINAL APPEAL FROM BROWN COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
    Case No. 2013-2268
    Jessica A. Little, Brown County Prosecuting Attorney, Mary McMullen, 510 East State Street,
    Suite 2, Georgetown, Ohio 45121, for plaintiff-appellee
    Timothy J. Kelly, 108 South High Street, P.O. Box 467, Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154, for defendant-
    appellant
    S. POWELL, J.
    {¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Gene Glover, appeals from his conviction in the Brown
    County Court of Common Pleas after a jury found him guilty of trafficking in heroin and
    possession of heroin. For the reasons outlined below, we affirm.
    {¶ 2} On November 14, 2013, the Brown County Grand Jury returned an indictment
    charging Glover with trafficking in heroin in violation of R.C. 2925.02(A)(2) and possession of
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    heroin in violation of R.C. 2925.11(A), both second-degree felonies. The charges also
    included several forfeiture specifications.1 Following his arrest, on April 29, 2014, Glover filed
    a motion to suppress. The trial court then held a hearing on the matter, during which time the
    trial court heard testimony from Richard Lee Hargett, a former corporal with the Aberdeen
    Police Department, as well as Greg Caudill, the former Aberdeen Police Department's chief
    of police.
    {¶ 3} Specifically, Hargett testified that on the evening of April 22, 2013, a detective
    with the Kentucky State Police, Shane Barnes, contacted him regarding Glover's
    whereabouts. As part of their conversation, Detective Barnes told Hargett that Glover was
    wanted in Kentucky on charges of felony arson and may be residing in Aberdeen at a trailer
    park on Chestnut Street. Detective Barnes also told Hargett that Glover may be trafficking
    heroin in the area. After receiving a description of Glover and of Glover's truck, Hargett
    testified he drove to the trailer park on Chestnut Street where he saw Glover "step out the
    front door, a little camper, that was next to the – the identified vehicle." Hargett then
    contacted dispatch and requested backup from the Brown County Sheriff's Office.
    {¶ 4} Once backup arrived, Hargett testified that he, Sergeant David Johnson, and
    Deputy Jerry Crawford approached Glover's camper and watched as Glover exited through
    the front door. Glover was then detained. After Glover was detained, Hargett testified Glover
    asked the officers to "secure his vehicle." When asked to clarify what Glover meant by this
    request, Hargett testified Glover "requested that we lock it up." Complying with Glover's
    request, Sergeant Johnson walked over to Glover's truck and opened the driver's side door.
    However, upon opening the door, Hargett testified Sergeant Johnson "alerted that there was
    1. Glover was also charged with having a weapon while under disability in violation of R.C. 2923.13(A)(2), a
    third-degree felony, as well as several firearm specifications. This charge, as well as the accompanying firearm
    specifications, were later dismissed.
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    something amiss with the vehicle."
    {¶ 5} Hargett then testified he walked over to Glover's truck and saw a gun, a knife
    and a plastic bag containing a large sum of money clearly visible protruding from the driver's
    side door storage compartment. When asked if a search of the rest of Glover's truck was
    then conducted, Hargett testified, "[n]o, just in the location where the firearm was located."
    After removing these items from Glover's truck, Hargett testified he asked Glover if this was
    "the property with the money that he wished that we secured," to which Glover responded,
    "Yes, it was his property, that he wanted to * * * secure." According to Hargett, Glover then
    stated there was exactly $15,000 in $100 bills within the plastic bag, a fact the officers later
    confirmed. An additional $200 was later found on Glover's person. Hargett then placed the
    gun, knife and money into his cruiser and contacted Caudill for assistance.
    {¶ 6} After speaking with Hargett, Caudill testified he went to the scene and made
    contact with Glover. Once there, Caudill testified he read Glover his Miranda rights and
    asked Glover if he could search his camper. According to Caudill, Glover responded by
    stating, "I'm already caught, I might as well go ahead and give you everything. Yes, come on
    in." Continuing, Caudill testified:
    Mr. Glover was very adamant about making sure he showed me
    where the drugs was at. He said, "I will show you where they're
    at." You know, "You come in with me, I'll show you exactly
    where they're at." You know, there was no reason for – he kept
    – very strongly let me know there's no reason for me to search
    the whole trailer. He'll show me exactly where the drugs was at.
    So, at that point, I asked him, "Well, show me where they're at."
    So we walked in together, and there was a pill bottle laying on
    the kitchen sink. He knocked it over. He kicked it, like hit it with
    his elbow and knocked it into the sink. We opened it up, and it
    had a brown, powdery substance in it, and I asked him what it
    was, and he said, "It's heroin." And, then, there was scales
    laying there, also, with caps.
    {¶ 7} Caudill further testified that he was "absolutely" sure Glover gave him his
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    consent to search his camper. Hargett also testified he heard Glover give his consent to
    search. Nevertheless, Caudill testified that even if Glover had not given his consent to
    search, Glover's camper and truck would have eventually been towed, impounded and
    inventoried as "abandoned property." Caudill also testified that Glover told him he was
    "'willing to give Brown County [his] property,' his cash, his camper, his truck" because he
    would "'never get to use it again anyway, so it doesn't matter.' He said, 'So, I'm willing to give
    that stuff up, to do my time in the State of Kentucky.'"
    {¶ 8} On July 16, 2014, the trial court issued its decision denying Glover's motion to
    suppress. In so holding, the trial court found Glover had "asked the officers to 'secure' his
    vehicle," thereby resulting in the discovery of "a firearm and $15,000 in hundred dollars bills
    in the driver side door storage compartment." The trial court also found Glover had given his
    consent to search his camper, a search of which led to the discovery of heroin and other drug
    paraphernalia. However, even if Glover had not consented to the search, the trial court
    determined "the contraband would have been inevitably discovered by law enforcement upon
    impound and proper inventories performed of the vehicles at the time of impound."
    {¶ 9} On December 9, 2014, following a two-day jury trial, Glover was found guilty of
    both charges. After merging the two charges for purposes of sentencing, the trial court
    sentenced Glover to serve a total of seven years in prison and ordered him to pay a $7,500
    fine. Glover was also ordered to forfeit his camper, truck, gun and $15,200 in cash. Glover
    now appeals from his conviction, raising two assignments of error for review.
    {¶ 10} Assignment of Error No. 1:
    {¶ 11} THE TRIAL COURT ERRED BY DENYING APPELLANT'S PRE-TRIAL
    MOTION TO SUPPRESS.
    {¶ 12} In his first assignment of error, Glover argues the trial court erred by denying his
    motion to suppress because the state failed to establish his consent to search his camper
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    was freely and voluntarily given. Glover also argues the seizure of the property located in his
    truck that he asked the officers to "secure" was improper. We disagree.
    {¶ 13} Appellate review of a ruling on a motion to suppress presents a mixed question
    of law and fact. State v. Gray, 12th Dist. Butler No. CA2011-09-176, 
    2012-Ohio-4769
    , ¶ 15,
    citing State v. Burnside, 
    100 Ohio St.3d 152
    , 
    2003-Ohio-5372
    , ¶ 8. When considering a
    motion to suppress, the trial court, as the trier of fact, is in the best position to weigh the
    evidence in order to resolve factual questions and evaluate witness credibility. State v.
    Vaughn, 12th Dist. Fayette No. CA2014-05-012, 
    2015-Ohio-828
    , ¶ 8. In turn, when reviewing
    the denial of a motion to suppress, this court is bound to accept the trial court's findings of
    fact if they are supported by competent, credible evidence. State v. Durham, 12th Dist.
    Warren No. CA2013-03-023, 
    2013-Ohio-4764
    , ¶ 14.              "An appellate court, however,
    independently reviews the trial court's legal conclusions based on those facts and
    determines, without deference to the trial court's decision, whether as a matter of law, the
    facts satisfy the appropriate legal standard." State v. Cochran, 12th Dist. Preble No.
    CA2006-10-023, 
    2007-Ohio-3353
    , ¶ 12.
    {¶ 14} Searches and seizures conducted without a warrant are per se unreasonable
    unless they come within one of the few specifically established and well-delineated
    exceptions. State v. Harsh, 12th Dist. Madison No. CA2013-07-025, 
    2014-Ohio-251
    , ¶ 13.
    One such exception occurs "when a person waives his Fourth Amendment protection by
    consenting to a warrantless search." State v. Oberding, 12th Dist. Warren No. CA2011-09-
    101, 
    2012-Ohio-3047
    , ¶ 13, citing Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 
    412 U.S. 218
    , 219, 
    93 S.Ct. 2041
     (1973); see also State v. Telshaw, 
    195 Ohio App.3d 596
    , 
    2011-Ohio-3373
    , ¶ 16 (7th
    Dist.) (stating consent is a well-recognized exception to the warrant requirement).
    {¶ 15} When the state attempts to justify a warrantless search on the basis of consent,
    "the state must demonstrate that the consent was freely and voluntarily given and not the
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    result of coercion, express or implied." State v. Taylor, 
    77 Ohio App.3d 223
    , 226 (12th
    Dist.1991). Whether an individual voluntarily consented to a search is a question of fact that
    is determined based on the totality of the circumstances. State v. Ossege, 12th Dist.
    Clermont Nos. CA2013-11-086 and CA2013-11-087, 
    2014-Ohio-3186
    , ¶ 15. "Since this
    inquiry requires an assessment of the credibility of the evidence, the trier of fact is in the best
    position to make this determination, and its decision will not be reversed on appeal unless it
    is clearly erroneous." State v. Christopher, 12th Dist. Clermont No. CA2009-08-041, 2010-
    Ohio-1816, ¶ 43, citing In re Lester, 12th Dist. Warren No. CA2003-04-050, 
    2004-Ohio-1376
    ,
    ¶ 18.
    {¶ 16} Glover initially argues the trial court erred by finding his consent to search his
    camper was freely and voluntarily given because he never signed a written consent form.
    However, it is well-established consent may be given either orally or in writing. State v.
    Hosko, 3d Dist. Seneca No. 13-14-23, 
    2015-Ohio-570
    , ¶ 14, citing State v. McLemore, 
    197 Ohio App.3d 726
    , 736, 
    2012-Ohio-521
    , ¶ 24 (2d Dist.). In turn, although written consent may
    serve as strong evidence of a willingness to allow a search, written consent is not necessary
    once oral consent has been obtained. State v. Mayberry, 2d Dist. Montgomery No. 26025,
    
    2014-Ohio-4706
    , ¶ 17; see State v. White, 2d Dist. Montgomery No. 23905, 
    2011-Ohio-503
    ,
    ¶ 28 ("in the presence of a valid oral consent, there is no requirement that the police also
    acquire a written consent"). Therefore, because consent may be given orally without the
    need for additional written consent, Glover's first argument is without merit.
    {¶ 17} Next, Glover alleges the trial court's decision finding he consented to the search
    of his camper was improper given the fact the incident report "does not indicate that any
    consent was obtained," whereas the accompanying investigator notes indicate he did.
    Glover also points to several other discrepancies regarding differing dates and times between
    the two documents. According to Glover, due to these inconsistencies within these two
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    documents, "there is no way to be certain that the document was not altered after the fact."
    We fail to see how the inconsistencies between these two documents impact the trial court's
    decision finding he gave his consent to search. Again, whether an individual voluntarily
    consented to a search is a question of fact that is determined based on the totality of the
    circumstances. This includes the uncontradicted testimony from Hargett and Caudill.
    {¶ 18} Moreover, except for his bare assertions to the contrary, there is nothing in the
    record to support Glover's claim that the two documents were somehow altered. Rather,
    when asked if he thought someone had altered the documents, Hargett explicitly testified: "I
    don't think so, based on what I'm seeing as far as the – the primary content of the report."
    Hargett also testified the discrepancies could simply be the result of a typographical error. As
    noted above, the trial court, as the trier of fact, is in the best position to weigh the evidence in
    order to resolve factual questions and evaluate witness credibility. Therefore, Glover's
    second argument is also without merit.
    {¶ 19} Glover further alleges the trial court's decision finding he consented to the
    search of his camper was improper since it is "not clear whether [he] was aware of his right to
    refuse consent[.]" However, "[p]olice officers need not warn an individual of the right to
    refuse consent." State v. Davis, 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-040818, 
    2005-Ohio-4139
    , ¶ 10. In
    turn, "while the subject's knowledge of a right to refuse is indeed a factor to be taken into
    account, the prosecution is not required to demonstrate such knowledge as a prerequisite to
    establishing a voluntary consent." State v. Smith, 12th Dist. Warren No. CA2012-03-022,
    
    2012-Ohio-5962
    , ¶ 19, citing State v. Robinette, 
    80 Ohio St.3d 234
    , 243-244 (1997), and
    Schneckloth, 
    412 U.S. at 248-249
    . Therefore, Glover's third argument is likewise without
    merit.
    {¶ 20} Finally, Glover alleges the trial court's decision finding he consented to the
    search of his truck was improper because his request for officers to "secure" his truck meant
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    only that he "wanted it locked and would not operate as a consent to a search." Yet, as
    noted above, that is exactly what Hargett testified occurred. Again, as Hargett explicitly
    stated when asked to clarify what Glover meant by "secure his vehicle," Hargett testified
    Glover "requested that we lock it up." This required the officers, at a minimum, to open the
    driver's side door so that they could press the lock button. Once the door was open – again,
    at Glover's request – both Hargett and Sergeant Johnson discovered a gun, a knife and a
    plastic bag containing a large sum of money that was clearly visible protruding from the
    driver's side door storage compartment. As Hargett testified, no additional search of Glover's
    truck was then performed. Glover later confirmed that the items located in his truck were his
    and that he wanted the officers to have them secured.
    {¶ 21} As the record reveals, Sergeant Johnson was lawfully exercising dominion and
    control over Glover's property upon Glover's request to "secure" those items. Sergeant
    Johnson then alerted Hargett to observe the items in plain view because of their incriminating
    nature as evidence. It is well-established that a police officer lawfully upon property does not
    conduct a search merely by observing an object in plain view. State v. Young, 12th Dist.
    Warren No. CA2014-05-074, 
    2015-Ohio-1347
    , ¶ 28. Therefore, because Sergeant Johnson
    was honoring Glover's request to secure his truck and observed the items in plain view, no
    search of his truck in fact occurred.
    {¶ 22} Whether items are immediately apparent as being incriminating depends upon
    whether the officers have probable cause to associate the items with criminal activity. Id. at ¶
    29. In this case, the record makes clear that the officers already knew Glover was believed
    by law enforcement to be selling heroin in Aberdeen and was wanted for a serious felony
    offense in Kentucky. The character of the property, as well as the circumstances under
    which the property was discovered, established probable cause to identify the items as
    evidence connected to criminality.
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    {¶ 23} In reaching this decision, we note that Hargett and Caudill's testimony at the
    suppression hearing seems to confuse Glover's decision to grant the officers permission to
    "secure" his truck with the permission to search it. Understandably, Ohio law does recognize
    limited consent. See State v. Arrington, 
    96 Ohio App.3d 375
     (12th Dist.1994). A limited
    consent occurs where the one giving consent expresses that consent for a limited object for a
    specific or limited purpose. 
    Id.
     However, the facts in this case reveal no request by the
    officers to search Glover's truck, no permission by Glover to search his truck, and no actual
    search of the truck, limited or otherwise. Thus, based on the facts and circumstances of this
    case, it is impossible to conclude that consent to perform a limited search of Glover's truck
    took place.
    {¶ 24} Regardless, as recognized by the United States Supreme Court, "[o]fficers may
    seize evidence in plain view if they have not violated the Fourth Amendment in arriving at the
    spot from which the observation of the evidence is made * * *." Kentucky v. King, 
    563 U.S. 452
    , 
    131 S.Ct. 1849
     (2011), paragraph one of the syllabus. Therefore, as there was no
    Fourth Amendment violation established in this case, the doctrine of plain view is entirely
    appropriate. Accordingly, Glover's final argument is also without merit.
    {¶ 25} In light of the foregoing, having found no merit to any of the various arguments
    raised herein, Glover's first assignment of error is overruled. In so holding, we note our
    decision is based solely on our finding Glover consented to the search of his camper and that
    the plain view doctrine applied to the items seized from Glover's truck, without providing any
    opinion regarding the trial court's application of the inevitable-discovery doctrine.
    {¶ 26} Assignment of Error No. 2:
    {¶ 27} THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN UPHOLDING A CONVICTION WHERE
    THERE IS INSUFFICIENT PROOF OF A COMPLETE CHAIN OF CUSTODY.
    {¶ 28} In his second assignment of error, Glover argues his conviction was against the
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    manifest weight of the evidence due to several "blatant breaks in the chain of custody"
    regarding the pill bottle removed from his camper. We again disagree.
    {¶ 29} A manifest weight of the evidence challenge examines the "inclination of the
    greater amount of credible evidence, offered at a trial, to support one side of the issue rather
    than the other." State v. Barnett, 12th Dist. Butler No. CA2011-09-177, 
    2012-Ohio-2372
    , ¶
    14. To determine whether a conviction is against the manifest weight of the evidence, the
    reviewing court must look at the entire record, weigh the evidence and all reasonable
    inferences, consider the credibility of the witnesses, and determine whether in resolving the
    conflicts in the evidence, the trier of fact clearly lost its way and created such a manifest
    miscarriage of justice that the conviction must be reversed and a new trial ordered. State v.
    Morgan, 12th Dist. Butler Nos. CA2013-08-146 and CA2013-08-147, 
    2014-Ohio-2472
    , ¶ 34.
    While appellate review includes the responsibility to consider the credibility of witnesses and
    weight given to the evidence, these issues are primarily matters for the trier of fact to decide.
    State v. Barnes, 12th Dist. Brown No. CA2010-06-009, 
    2011-Ohio-5226
    , ¶ 81. An appellate
    court, therefore, will overturn a conviction due to the manifest weight of the evidence only in
    extraordinary circumstances when the evidence presented at trial weighs heavily in favor of
    acquittal. State v. Blair, 12th Dist. Butler No. CA2014-01-023, 
    2015-Ohio-818
    , ¶ 43.
    {¶ 30} A chain of custody is part of the authentication and identification requirement
    for the admission of evidence under Evid.R. 901. State v. Rigdon, 12th Dist. Warren No.
    CA2006-05-064, 
    2007-Ohio-2843
    , ¶ 14, citing State v. Brown, 
    107 Ohio App.3d 194
    , 200 (3d
    Dist.1995). However, although the state bears the burden of establishing a chain of custody,
    the state's duty is not absolute. State v. Miller, 12th Dist. Preble No. CA2002-02-004, 2002-
    Ohio-6109, ¶ 18. In turn, the state need not negate all possibilities of substitution, alteration
    or tampering. State v. Doty, 12th Dist. Madison No. CA85-01-001, 
    1985 WL 7704
    , *2 (Aug.
    12, 1985). Rather, the state is merely required to "establish that it is reasonably certain that
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    substitution, alteration, or tampering did not occur." State v. Blevins, 
    36 Ohio App.3d 147
    ,
    150 (10th Dist.1987). The trier of fact has the task of determining whether a break in the
    chain of custody exists. State v. Blumensaadt, 11th Dist. Lake No. 2000-L-107, 
    2001 WL 1116458
    , *4 (Sept. 21, 2001), citing Columbus v. Marks, 
    118 Ohio App. 359
     (10th Dist.1963).
    Yet, even then, any deficiencies or irregularities in the chain of custody generally go to the
    weight of the evidence, not its admissibility. State v. Steele, 12th Dist. Butler No. CA2003-
    11-276, 
    2005-Ohio-943
    , ¶ 114.
    {¶ 31} At trial, both Hargett and Caudill testified the pill bottle identified and
    subsequently admitted as a state's exhibit was the same pill bottle recovered from Glover's
    camper. Specifically, Hargett testified he placed the pill bottle into an evidence bag that he
    then initialed and dated. Once the pill bottle was placed into the evidence bag, Hargett
    testified he sealed the bag, locked it in the trunk of his cruiser and transported it to the
    Aberdeen Police Department's evidence room. According to Hargett, once he arrived at the
    evidence room, he then transferred the sealed evidence bag to Sergeant Matt Nicholas, the
    then evidence room technician. The Aberdeen Police Department's records indicate this
    transfer occurred on April 22, 2013 at 11:50 p.m.
    {¶ 32} Stanton Wheasler, a forensic scientist with the Bureau of Criminal Investigation
    (BCI), also testified regarding the disputed pill bottle. According to Wheasler, after the sealed
    evidence bag containing the pill bottle was received by BCI on April 25, 2013, Scott
    Dobranksy tested the pill bottle and resealed it within the evidence bag on May 7, 2013.
    However, because Dobransky had since retired from BCI, Wheasler testified he was
    assigned to retest the pill bottle for purposes of trial. To that end, Wheasler testified he
    retrieved the sealed evidence bag containing the pill bottle from BCI's secured drug vault on
    November 24, 2014 after it had been resubmitted to BCI for testing on November 21, 2014.
    As Wheasler testified, the evidence bag did not appear to be tampered with in any way.
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    Tests later revealed the pill bottle contained approximately 11.35 grams of heroin. After
    testing was complete, Wheasler resealed the pill bottle within the evidence bag, which he
    then initialed and dated.
    {¶ 33} Sergeant Joshua Dean Miller of the Aberdeen Police Department further
    testified regarding the disputed pill bottle. According to Sergeant Miller, he originally retrieved
    the sealed evidence bag containing the pill bottle from BCI on October 18, 2013. Sergeant
    Miller testified that he then took the evidence bag back to the evidence room where he
    locked it inside. However, upon the state's request, Sergeant Miller retrieved the untouched
    evidence bag from the evidence room and resubmitted it to BCI for testing. When asked if
    there was any sign of tampering with the evidence bag at that time, Sergeant Miller testified
    "Not that I could tell." Sergeant Miller also testified the evidence bag "was in the exact same
    location that we had set it."
    {¶ 34} Once testing was completed, Sergeant Miller again retrieved the sealed
    evidence bag from BCI and locked it back inside the evidence room. Sergeant Miller testified
    that from there, he brought the evidence bag "to the Prosecutor's Office and put it in the
    evidence receiving room." Sergeant Miller, however, also acknowledged that the Aberdeen
    Police Department did not have any documentation to corroborate his testimony as to what
    happened to the evidence bag after it was initially removed from the evidence room and
    mailed to BCI on April 23, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. Nevertheless, Sergeant Miller testified this lack
    of documentation was nothing more than an oversight on his part and that of the former
    evidence room technician, Sergeant Nicholas.
    {¶ 35} As noted above, Glover argues his conviction was against the manifest weight
    of the evidence due to a break in the chain of custody. However, although there may be
    some breaks in the chain of custody with respect to documentation from the Aberdeen Police
    Department, the state presented extensive detailed testimony from several witnesses that
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    traced the chain of custody from Glover's camper to the evidence room prior to being
    submitted to BCI for testing on two separate occasions. None of these witnesses testified
    that the evidence bag was tampered with in any way. In fact, when specifically asked if the
    evidence bag looked like it had ever been tampered with, Hargett testified "No."
    {¶ 36} Moreover, because deficiencies or irregularities in the chain of custody
    generally go to the weight of the evidence, not its admissibility, it was for the jury to determine
    the weight to be given to the pill bottle. See, e.g., State v. Corder, 4th Dist. Washington No.
    10CA42, 
    2012-Ohio-1995
    , ¶ 25 (finding conviction for aggravated trafficking offense was not
    against the manifest weight of the evidence resulting from a challenge to the chain of custody
    where the state presented evidence that a pill presented as evidence was the same pill
    appellant provided to a confidential informant that was then transported to the sheriff's office
    and to BCI for testing); see also State v. Banks, 5th Dist. Fairfield No. 10-CA-36, 2011-Ohio-
    3801, ¶ 189 (finding conviction for trafficking offense was not against the manifest weight of
    the evidence where the record did not "affirmatively demonstrate any substitution, altercation
    or tampering of the evidence").
    {¶ 37} Based on the jury's guilt finding, the jury clearly found the disputed pill bottle
    located in Glover's camper contained heroin as testified to at trial. It is well-established that it
    is the trier of fact who makes determinations of credibility and the weight to be given to the
    evidence. State v. Erickson, 12th Dist. Warren No. CA2014-10-131, 
    2015-Ohio-2086
    , ¶ 42,
    citing State v. DeHass, 
    10 Ohio St.2d 230
     (1967), paragraph one of the syllabus. Therefore,
    as the trier of fact, the jury was free to believe or disbelieve all, part, or none of the testimony
    of the witnesses presented at trial. State v. Birt, 12th Dist. Butler No. CA2012-02-031, 2013-
    Ohio-1379, ¶ 47. In so holding, we note Hargett and Caudill both testified at trial that Glover
    admitted the pill bottle found in his camper contained heroin. Therefore, because there is no
    indication the jury lost its way in determining the credibility and weight of the evidence as it
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    relates to the chain of custody regarding the disputed pill bottle, Glover's second assignment
    of error is without merit and overruled.
    {¶ 38} Judgment affirmed.
    PIPER, P.J., and RINGLAND, J., concur.
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