STATE v. DROSTE

No. 97-998

83 Ohio St.3d 36 (1998)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet E. Jackson, Columbus City Attorney, Stephen L. McIntosh, City Prosecutor, and Brenda J. Keltner, Assistant City Prosecutor, for appellant.

McCorkle & Minnillo and Christopher J. Minnillo, for appellee.

D. Timothy Huey, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.

The issues presented by this case are (1) whether liquor control investigators have the authority to stop an individual for violating traffic laws, and (2) if the liquor control investigators did not have the authority to make a traffic stop, must all evidence deriving from that stop be suppressed.

R.C. 5502.61(C) and (D)1 set forth the authority granted by the legislature to liquor control...

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