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Medina County Trial Court Judge Creates a Legal Doctrine for Personal Property of ‘Temporarily Unattended’ Would the Doctrine be Temporary or Permanent?
While we note that instead of applying a Fourth Amendment analysis to the search of the jacket, the trial court improperly focused on a distinction between “temporarily unattended” an [...]
Can Angel ‘Constructively Possess” Fentanyl if Someone else has Access to It?
[D]espite Ms. Murr’s argument … that R.T. also had access to the drugs does not establish that the State failed to present sufficient evidence to prove that Ms. Murr possessed the dru [...]
Is a Firearm Protruding from a Suspect’s Pocket Enough to Conduct a Pat Down?
Observing a firearm on a suspect’s person provides more than enough reasonable suspicion that the individual is armed in order to conduct a protective search for weapons. State v. W [...]
If “Only Hunters Can See”, is that a Valid Defense to Sexually Deviant Behavior in a Public Park?
Det. Young testified that the conduct could be viewed by hikers or hunters near the wooded area and anyone on the veranda. Therefore, construing the evidence in a light most favorable [...]
Can Law Enforcement Make an Arrest if the Individual Lies About his Identity During a Trespass Warning?
Based on all information available to the officers, we find both Officer Boggs and Officer Moore had reasonable articulable suspicion of criminal activity which justified an investiga [...]
If a Canine Officer Provides a Demonstration of his Canine during Summer Barbecue at his Home and the Canine Bites a Partygoer, is that Bite Within or Outside the Scope of Employment?
Reasonable minds could differ regarding whether Dep. Hilderbrand was manifestly acting outside the scope of his employment during the events leading up to Ms. Harris’s injury. Therefo [...]