Ohio Supreme Court· 7/8/1998

State v. Benton

Citations

82 Ohio St. 3d 316
695 N.E.2d 757

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holding parolee waives constitutional search-and-seizure rights by voluntarily signing parole agreement
holding parolee waives constitutional search-and-seizure rights by voluntarily signing parole agreement
rejecting an argument that defendant “had no choice but to sign a waiver as a condition of his parole, thereby implying that the waiver was not voluntary”
rejecting an argument that defendant “had no choice but to sign a waiver as a condition of his parole, thereby implying that the waiver was not voluntary”
“The purpose of an unexpected, unproved search of defendant is to ascertain whether he is complying with the terms of probation; to determine whether or not he disobeys the law, but also whether he obeys the law.”
“[b]ecause the defendant agreed to the condition of supervision by signing it, thereby consenting to warrantless searches of his place of residence by a parole officer at any time, the defendant waived his Fourth Amendment protection against random searches”

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Judges: Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Stratton, Sweeney

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