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STATE v. MATHEWS

No. 75-859.

46 Ohio St. 2d 72 (1976)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. MATHEWS, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Corrigan, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Thomas J. Sammon, for appellant.

Mr. Floyd B. Oliver, for appellee.

CORRIGAN, J.

The appellant, state of Ohio, maintains that the search of Wanda Mathews' purse was "incident" to her lawful arrest for being in a policy house; and, alternatively, that the search was made pursuant to the "stop and frisk" procedures enunciated in Terry v. Ohio (1968), 392 U.S. 1.

The right of police officers to search a suspect pursuant to a lawful arrest has been a long-recognized exception

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