State v. Schubert

Citations

• 219 N.E.3d 916
• 171 Ohio St. 3d 617
• 2022 Ohio 4604

Syllabus

Criminal law—Fourth Amendment to United States Constitution—Good-faith exception to exclusionary rule—Probable cause—For the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule to allow the introduction of evidence obtained through a defective search warrant, the affidavit supporting the warrant must evince a minimum connection between the item or place searched and the alleged criminal activity—Good-faith exception to exclusionary rule did not apply to search of cell phones found at automobile-accident scene—Warrant to search cell phones lacked probable cause—Court of appeals' judgment reversed and cause remanded.