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State v. Carver, 2016 Ohio 4926

Question: Can an officer extend a traffic stop without reasonable suspicion in order to seek consent to search a vehicle?

8/9/2016

State v. Clelland, 2016 Ohio 4827

Question: Does an officer’s subjective intent in questioning someone turn a consensual encounter into an investigative detention? 

8/9/2016

State v. Dowty, 2016 Ohio 4719

Question: Does the Ohio Revised Code require a motorist to signal for at least 100 feet when turning from a private parking lot onto a roadway?

8/9/2016

State v. Thip, 2016 Ohio 4970

Question: Does an officer who pats down a known gang member prior to issuing a citation on the scene of a chaotic call run afoul of the Fourth Amendment?

8/9/2016

State v. Clements 2016 Ohio 3201

Question: Does the State’s inability to produce a signed consent-to-search waiver render a subsequent search invalid?

6/29/2016

State v. Hall, 2016 Ohio 3273

Question: Can excessive window tint on a vehicle form the basis of reasonable, articulable suspicion for a traffic stop?

6/29/2016

State v. Hambrick, 2016 Ohio 3395

Question: Does an officer need to read Miranda rights to the driver of a vehicle prior to asking if the driver has any guns, knives, or drugs in the vehicle?

6/29/2016

State v. Thurman 2016 Ohio 3002

Question: Does calling a police officer an offensive name provide probable cause to arrest for disorderly conduct?

6/29/2016

State v. Tichener, 2016 Ohio 1021

Question: Is a suspect’s question to an officer about whether he should get an attorney considered a request for counsel requiring the officer to cease questioning?

3/28/2016

State v. Navarro, 2016 Ohio 749

Question: Does the odor of raw marijuana coming from a residence establish probable cause to obtain a search warrant.

3/28/2016

State v. Martin, 2016 Ohio 802

Question: Does a statement by a suspect who admits to have been drinking, render it involuntary and inadmissible in court?

3/28/2016

State v. Woody, 2016 Ohio 752

Question: Does an identified citizen informant who calls police to report a possible intoxicated driver provide reasonable suspicion for an officer to make a traffic stop to investigate?

3/28/2016

Bachynski v. Stewart, 2015 U.S. App. Lexis 22492 (6th Circuit)

Question: Can an arrested suspect who invokes right to counsel later waive that right while speaking to officers assisting the suspect in contacting an attorney?

2/29/2016

State v. Leak, 2016 Ohio 154

Question: Does the mere arrest of an occupant of a lawfully parked vehicle trigger police impoundment and a warrantless inventory or search of the vehicle?

2/29/2016

State v. Williams, 2016 Ohio 439

Question: When responding to a shots-fired call, observing fresh blood outside the residence door and hearing a commotion inside, may officers enter the dwelling without a warrant?

2/29/2016

State v. Elmore, 2016 Ohio 129

Question: Does a trespasser have a reasonable expectation of privacy on the real property in which they are trespassing?

2/29/2016

State v. Adams, 2015 Ohio 5072

Question: When may officers arrest for a minor misdemeanor offense?

12/30/2015

State v. Frazee, 2015 Ohio 4786

Question: Can a jacket, worn and removed by a suspect immediately preceding his arrest, be searched incident to arrest? 

12/30/2015

State v. Ebert, 2015 Ohio 5012

Question: Is a person approached and questioned by officers, based on an anonymous tip, seized for purposes of the Fourth Amendment? 

12/30/2015

State v. Calvin, 2015 Ohio 4801

Question: For purposes of inventory search, is there a distinction between vehicles being “towed” and vehicles being “impounded”?

12/30/2015

U.S. v. Brown, 801 F.3d 679 (6th Cir.2015)

Question: How long can officers rely on facts contributing to probable cause? 

11/19/2015

State v. Mabry, 2015 Ohio 4513

Question: During a Terry pat down, can an officer unbutton a suspect’s pants in order to retrieve suspected contraband from shorts worn underneath his pants? 

11/19/2015

State v. Carothers, 2015 Ohio 4569

Question: Can an officer order a suspect to remove his shoes after obtaining consent to go through the suspect’s pockets? 

11/19/2015

State v. Lawson, 2015 Ohio 4394

Question: Did a suspect unambiguously waive his right to remain silent when, during a custodial interrogation, he responded that “nothing was bothering him and that he had nothing else to say?”

11/19/2015

State v. Ambrosini 2015 Ohio 4150

Question: Can officers make a warrantless entry into a home based on an observation of marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia viewed from outside the residence?

10/23/2015
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