CITY OF MAUMEE v. WEISNER

No. 98-2016.

87 Ohio St.3d 295 (1999)

CITY OF MAUMEE, APPELLANT, v. WEISNER, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Arnsby, Maumee Municipal Prosecutor, for appellant.

Bischoff, Kenney & Niehaus and Stephen M. Sadowski, for appellee.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Edward B. Foley, State Solicitor, and Stephen P. Carney, Associate Solicitor, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Attorney General.

David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, David Hanson and Siobhan O'Keeffe, Assistant State Public Defenders, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Public Defender.


COOK, J.

This case involves a Fourth Amendment challenge to an officer's stop of a suspected drunk driver. Specifically, we have been asked to determine whether a citizen informant's telephone tip may provide the sole basis for an officer's stop of a motorist suspected of driving under the influence. We resolve this issue in favor of the city of Maumee and hold that a telephone tip can, by itself, create reasonable suspicion justifying an investigative stop where...

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