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Ohio Supreme Court· 6/15/1988

State v. Bobo

Citations

  • 37 Ohio St. 3d 177
  • 524 N.E.2d 489
  • 1988 Ohio LEXIS 163

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding under “totality of the circumstances” that the defendant’s movements could have been inter preted as consistent with those made by one engaged in a drug transaction sufficient to justify stop for investigative purposes
  • stating that time of the incident is relevant in a totality of the circumstances analysis of reasonable suspicion
  • providing examples of factors that can be relevant: setting, time, experience, knowledge, and type of behavior
  • time of night and location are part of the totality of circumstances for stop and arrest
  • police officer reasonably suspected that a drug crime might be occurring due to the suspect’s furtive movements in a vehicle while parked at night in an area of very heavy drug activity
  • police officer reasonably suspected that a drug crime might be occurring due to the suspect's furtive movements in a vehicle while parked at night in an area of very heavy drug activity

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Judges: Brown, Douglas, Holmes, Locher, Moyer, Sweeney, Wright

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376 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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Other cases named State v. Bobo

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