State v. Hampton

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 1834

Syllabus

The trial court found that police officers effectively took appellee into custody during a traffic stop, and because the officers discovered incriminating evidence in appellee's vehicle in reliance on statements made by appellee in the absence of a Miranda warning, the trial court ordered that the evidence be suppressed. Appellee, however, had not been taken into custody at the time he made the statements, and the trial court therefore erred by ordering the suppression of the evidence. Judgment reversed and remanded.