State v. Mort

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 249

Syllabus

Fourth Amendment; search of a third-party's purse within an automobile; the \automobile exception\ to the Fourth Amendment does not permit search of passenger's purse where there is no evidence of a crime; consent given to search vehicle does not apply to passenger's purse where driver did not have mutual use and joint control; searches and statements made after an improper search excluded under the doctrine of the fruit of the poisonous tree.