State v. Brown

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 2880
• 90 N.E.3d 384

Syllabus

The trial court erred in suppressing drug evidence found following a sobriety-checkpoint stop of the appellee's car. During the stop, officers smelled burnt marijuana in the car, the appellee exited the car at an officer's direction, and the appellee then fled on foot before being caught, arrested, and found in possession of cocaine. The officers' detection of the odor of marijuana authorized them to order the appellee out of the car. Judgment reversed and cause remanded.