If a Suspect Represents a Product as Heroin … but is Fake – Can the Suspect Still be Convicted of Aggravated Trafficking?
At all times relevant, Mr. Harvey knowingly sold or offered to sell substances [...]
Can a State Law Enforcement Officer Enforce a Federal Law?
When federal law authorizes state-officer enforcement or is otherwise silent, t [...]
Is Preparing Methamphetamine for Sale in a House ‘Within the Vicinity of a Juvenile’?
[A] reasonable juror would be able to conclude that the first floor of the hous [...]
Can Law Enforcement Make a Custodial Arrest for Aggravated Menacing if the Officer Did Not Witness the Threat?
In this case, officers had Mr. Corkan’s report and statement that Mr. Pate thre [...]
Can a Person be Arrested for Misconduct at an Emergency for Refusing to Leave an Area Declared Under a State of Emergency OR Does the Person have to be Engaged in a Criminal Act?
[W]e conclude that there was sufficient evidence from which the jury could find [...]
Can a Law Enforcement Officer Forcibly Remove a Driver from a Lawfully Stopped Vehicle or is it Excessive Force?
When Ms. Moore began screaming and twisting her body to escape Officer Wilson’s [...]
Can a Law Enforcement Officer Extend a Traffic Stop to Determine if the Driver is Properly Licensed?
[A] reasonable officer would have had probable cause to arrest Mr. Brown for dr [...]
Can Law Enforcement be Civilly Liable for Filing a Criminal Charge Due to a Lack of Probable Cause on One Charge Even Though there was Probable Cause on Another Charge?
[T]he bringing of one valid charge in a criminal proceeding should not categori [...]
Supreme Court of Ohio Determines that there is a Fork in the Statutory Construction of a Utility Vehicle and Motor Vehicle
[B]ecause the Polaris was a "utility vehicle" as defined by statute, the eviden [...]
Is a Handgun Protruding from a Person’s Pocket and Littering a Chicken Bone Enough to Establish Reasonable Suspicion?
[W]e hold that the officers had reasonable suspicion to search and detain Mr. O [...]