STATE v. CAPONI

No. 83-916.

12 Ohio St. 3d 302 (1984)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lynn C. Slaby, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Philip D. Bogdanoff, for appellant.

Mr. Lawrence W. Vuillemin, for appellee.


J. P. CELEBREZZE, J.

The question to be determined by this appeal is whether the search conducted of appellee's automobile was a valid "inventory search," or rather was an unreasonable and warrantless search in violation of the Fourth Amendment.

In South Dakota v. Opperman (1976), 428 U.S. 364, 373, the United States Supreme Court recognized the constitutional validity of police inventory searches "where the process...

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