State v. Toran
Citations
- 237 N.E.3d 39
- 174 Ohio St. 3d 325
- 2023 Ohio 3564
Syllabus
Criminal law—Fourth Amendment to United States Constitution—Warrantless searches—Inventory searches—Government's failure to submit copy of written inventory-search procedure into evidence in support of warrantless inventory search does not render search per se unreasonable—Law-enforcement officer's testimony attributing inventory-search policy to law-enforcement agency that conducted inventory search, explaining when policy must be followed, and explaining whether policy was followed, combined with body-camera footage documenting search, is sufficient evidence to establish existence of such procedure, that officer who conducted search acted in accordance with policy, and that search was reasonable, and therefore lawful, under Fourth Amendment—Court of appeals' judgment reversed and convictions reinstated.
How courts have described this case
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- holding that no search occurs when officers use technology to peer into a person’s curtilage if the person knowingly exposes his curtilage’s contents to others
- holding that no search occurs when officers use technology to peer into a person’s curtilage if the person knowingly exposes his curtilage’s contents to others
- holding that photography of curtilage with 35-mm camera during flight of 1,000 feet over home did not require warrant
- holding that no search occurs when officers use technology to peer into a person’s curtilage if the person knowingly exposes his curtilage’s contents to others
- holding that no search occurs when officers use technology to peer into a person’s curtilage if the person knowingly exposes his curtilage’s contents to others
- holding that using aerial surveillance in public airspace to observe the curtilage of a private residence not prohibited by the Fourth Amendment
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Judges: Kennedy, C.J.
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