State v. Stout

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 1125

Syllabus

The trial court did not err in denying appellant's motion to suppress as the officer had probable cause to initiate a traffic stop where appellant was in violation of city ordinances requiring appellant to have a mounted light on the bicycle he was operating on the city's streets at nighttime. Moreover, even if there had not been probable cause to initiate the traffic stop, the attention doctrine applied to prevent the methamphetamine found on appellant's person from being suppressed as the discovery of the drugs was sufficiently attenuated by the officer's discovery of a pre-existing warrant for appellant's arrest.