State v. Smith

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 2383

Syllabus

The trial court did not improperly narrow appellant's motion to suppress, nor did the trial court err by denying appellant's motion to suppress, where appellant's motion challenged only the stop of appellant's vehicle for improperly displaying a temporary license placard in plain view from the rear of his vehicle as required by the now former R.C. 4503.21(A)(3), a stop that, as it turned out, was based on reasonable, articulable suspicion that appellant had violated that statute by using a brown rectangle shaped piece of cardboard taped to the right side of his vehicle's rear window with handwritten letters and numbers rather than a temporary tag issued by the state of Ohio.