The Top Ten Cases of 2021
All of the cases identified here are binding on the entire State of Ohio and ar [...]
What Law Enforcement can Expect from the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022
Standing outside of the U.S. Supreme Court during Police Week. In 2022 there w [...]
Safe at Home?
The flight of a suspected misdemeanant does not justify a warrantless entry int [...]
Can the Community Caretaking Doctrine Permit Law Enforcement to Cross the Threshold of a Residence?
What is reasonable for vehicles is different from what is reasonable for homes. [...]
Can a Suspect Be Seized and Fleeing AT THE SAME TIME?
Yes!?!?? We hold that the application of physical force to the body of a person [...]
Law Enforcement Gant Search Vehicles Incident to Arrest
Police may search a vehicle incident to a recent occupant's arrest only if the [...]
Too Much Khat Got Abdi a Prison Cot for the Next Eleven Years
Based on these facts, we find the totality of the circumstances here warranted [...]
Roy Claimed Forty-Four Seconds Changed His Detention from Reasonable to Unreasonable … But Did the U.S. Supreme Court Agree?
[W]e accept the state court's conclusion that the duration of the stop in this [...]
Walter Not Only Knew His Fourth Amendment Rights … He Created a New Fourth Amendment Right!
We therefore hold that an occupant who is absent due to a lawful detention or a [...]
Sometimes Husbands and Wives disagree … But What is an Officer to Do?
We therefore hold that a warrantless search of a shared dwelling for evidence o [...]