May Law Enforcement Lawfully Pat Down a Suspect who has a Firearms Bulge in His Waistband?
We further hold that Officer Hoffbauer’s observation of the gun-like bulge in T [...]
Can a Reasonable Officer Safety Concern Legally Justify a Traffic Stop Extension to Call for and Await a Back Up Officer?
On April 1, 2020 the Sixth Circuit Appellate Court issued U.S. v. Lott, 954 F.3 [...]
When a Suspect is Carrying a Concealed Pocketknife at 3 a.m. Must Law Enforcement Establish the Suspect was Armed … or Armed and Dangerous to Conduct a Pat-Down?
Although Officer #1 became aware that Mr. Dyson had a pocketknife in his back p [...]
Does a Pending Negligent Assault Misdemeanor Charge Disqualify an Adult from Carrying a Concealed Handgun?
(1) We ask whether “the Second Amendment’s plain text covers an individual’s co [...]
Is Reaching Into a Pocket to Remove a Non-Weapon a Frisk or a Search?
Even more questions … Does a Canine Alert of an Occupied Vehicle Justify the Se [...]
Is it Reasonable to Conduct an Investigative Detention Stop on Two Juveniles on Bikes within One Minute of Hearing Gunshots Combined with a Shotspotter Alert?
[W]e conclude that Officer Kelker had reasonable suspicion to justify a warrant [...]
During a Suspects Crunchy Crotch Establish Reasonable Suspicion?
The video footage, coupled with the marijuana debris in the vehicle and facts s [...]
Must an Officer Give a Miranda Warning Prior to Asking a Suspect if He Has Anything on Him that May Stick the Officer?
But an interaction doesn’t transform into an “interrogation” merely because a s [...]
Can the Plain Feel Doctrine be Applied to a Baggie that the Suspect Claimed was Sand but was in fact Methamphetamine?
During this pat-down, Officer Jones felt a bulge in Mr. Hawkins’ waistband that [...]
Is an Armed, Fleeing Suspect in a High Crime Neighborhood Suspicious? Not According to Ohio’s Tenth District Appellate Court!
The record thus supports the trial court’s finding that the consensual nature o [...]