STATE v. WILMOTH

Nos. 85-72 and 85-73.

22 Ohio St. 3d 251 (1986)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. WILMOTH ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. White, prosecuting attorney, and Jonathan E. Rosenbaum, for appellee.

Smith & Smith, Gerald M. Smith and Daniel G. Wightman, for appellants.


PATTON, J.

In their single proposition of law, appellants contend that a search warrant issued on the basis of unsworn oral statements of police officers is defective and requires suppression of any evidence obtained therefrom. This contention is without merit.

The United States Supreme Court has recently modified the exclusionary rule in United States v. Leon (1984), 468 U.S. ___, 82 L. Ed. 2d 677. In that case, the court held that the exclusionary...

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