When Is a One-on-One Show-Up Permitted After an Arrest Compared to When O.R.C. §2933.83 Requires Photo or Live Lineups?
Two-prong test: First, there must be a determination that the identification pr [...]
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 [...]
Should an Officer Know the Law to Enforce the Law?
It is incumbent upon law enforcement, in turn, to make reasonable efforts to st [...]
Because the Tenth District Added both the Exigent Circumstance Doctrine and an Arrestable Offense Element to the Plain Smell Doctrine … Mr. Camper is Happy
Because no exception to the warrant requirement justified Officer #1’s warrantl [...]
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 [...]
If an Officer Establishes Probable Cause to Search a Suspect based on the Smell of Marijuana … Should the Officer Attempt to Pat Down the Suspect for Officer Safety under Terry?
[W]e find the state did not satisfy its burden in the trial court of establishi [...]
Can a Vehicle be Impounded for Excessive Window Tint?
Once the officers determined that it would be necessary to impound the vehicle, [...]
Can a Hidden Compartment be considered “Reasonably Accessible” for Purposes of a Vehicle Inventory?
Discovery of the bags of heroin in the space behind the access panel pursuant t [...]
Can a Law Enforcement Officer Handcuff a Suspect During Investigative Detention?
Maybe, kind-a sort of, not always … but sometimes. On August 2, 2201 I posted a [...]
Trial Court Judge Makes Feeble Attempt at Creating the Singularity of Circumstances Legal Doctrine
Thus, based on these facts, we conclude the officers' search of the vehicle's p [...]