Can an Equipment Violation be Used to Conduct a Pre-Textual Traffic Stop?
Not according to the Eighth District. Would the Supreme Court of Ohio Agree? Th [...]
When Can a Traffic Stop be Extended to Verify a Driver’s License After the Original Violation is Dispelled?
What’s more, Mr. Fips’s failure to produce a driver’s license gave Officer Rose [...]
Can Law Enforcement Rely on the Collective Knowledge Doctrine to Extend a Traffic Stop for a Canine Sniff?
Based on the totality of the circumstances, Lieutenant Ford had reasonable susp [...]
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 Flees from a Traffic Stop who Extended the Stop? The Officer or the Suspect?
According to a Montgomery County Trial Court Judge it was the Officer. Not Acco [...]
What is Considered Plain View for Display of a License Plate?
[A]ctually being able to read the letters and numbers’ on the temporary license [...]
Does the Smell of Marijuana Alone Still Establish Probable Cause to Search a Vehicle in Hamilton County, Ohio?
We accordingly hold that the officers lacked probable cause to search the vehic [...]
Can a Deputy Stop a Vehicle When LEADS Shows the Owner’s License is Suspended, Without Knowing the Driver’s Identity?
Deputy Harmon lawfully initiated the stop based upon the fact that the driver’s [...]
Is Wearing a Full Face Ski Mask in the Month of May During the Day in a High Crime Neighborhood Suspicious?
[W]e conclude that the officer’s further detainment of Mr. Bishop was based on [...]
Defendant Argued he was ‘Shocked’ Into Consent when Asked if he was Carrying Contraband When he was Carrying Contraband. Can a Suspect be ‘Shocked’ Into a Consent to Search?
The brief detention beyond the scope of issuing the written warning was well ju [...]