State v. McConico

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 5657

Syllabus

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CRIMINAL — FOURTH AMENDMENT — SEARCH AND SEIZURE — TRAFFIC STOP — REASONABLE SUSPICION: The trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence discovered following a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by defendant where the officer had reasonable suspicion to initiate the traffic stop after learning that the vehicle driven by defendant was registered to an unlicensed driver and even though the officer realized that defendant was not the unlicensed driver once the officer reached the vehicle, the Supreme Court of Ohio has held that an officer may validly ask for a driver's license under similar circumstances, and the officer's subsequent discovery of a warrant for defendant's arrest justified the search of the vehicle which defendant was driving, which uncovered the drugs leading to defendant's conviction.