THE STATE OF OHIO, Appellant,
v.
JONES, Appellee.
THE STATE OF OHIO, Appellant,
v.
SKROPITS, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Ohio.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted October 14, 2008.
Decided February 4, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John D. Ferrero, Stark County Prosecuting Attorney, and Ronald Mark Caldwell, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.
Tammi R. Johnson, Stark County Public Defender, and Steven A. Reisch, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee Adam David Jones.
George Urban, for appellee Shawn Michael Skropits.
Richard Cordray, Attorney General, Benjamin Mizer, Solicitor General, and Todd Nist, Assistant Solicitor, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Attorney General of Ohio.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
O'CONNOR, J.
{¶ 1} Today we determine whether an officer's extraterritorial traffic stop in contravention of R.C. 2935.03 also violates the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, when the officer has probable cause to initiate the stop because he personally observed a traffic violation. For the reasons that follow, we hold that it does not.
Relevant Background
{¶ 2} On the night of September...
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