State v. Billups

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 4309

Syllabus

SEARCH AND SEIZURE - TRAFFIC STOP - TERRY PAT-DOWN: In a prosecution for trafficking in heroin, the trial court properly overruled the defendant's motion to motion to suppress evidence recovered from his person and his vehicle during a traffic stop, because the police officer had reasonable suspicion to conduct a Terry pat-down of the defendant, the pat-down did not exceed the permissible scope, the officer did not excessively detain the defendant to await the arrival of a drug-sniffing canine, and the officer's plain-feel discovery of the heroin on the defendant during the pat-down search gave police probable cause to arrest him.