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STATE v. ROBINSON

No. 78-1206.

58 Ohio St. 2d 478 (1979)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Simon L. Leis, Jr., prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Daniel J. Breyer for appellant.

Mr. Allen Brown and Mr. Mark Eckerson, for appellee.

HERBERT, J.

The query posed for resolution in the cause sub judice is whether the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is contravened when police, pursuant to standard department procedure, conduct an inventory search of the trunk of a lawfully impounded automobile.

Appellant agrees that a routine inventory search of a lawfully impounded automobile may be no more intrusive than is necessary to protect personal property located within the...

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