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STATE v. DUNN

No. 2011-0213.

131 Ohio St.3d 325 (2012)

2012-Ohio-1008

THE STATE OF OHIO, Appellant, v. DUNN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 15, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathias H. Heck Jr. , Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, and Carley J. Ingram and Timothy J. Cole , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant.

Gary C. Schaengold , for appellee.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, Alexandra T. Schimmer , Solicitor General, and Thaddeus H. Driscoll , Assistant Attorney General, urging reversal on behalf of amicus curiae Ohio Attorney General.

Timothy Young , Public Defender, and Jeremy J. Masters , Assistant Public Defender, urging affirmance on behalf of amicus curiae Ohio Public Defender.

LUNDBERG STRATTON, J.

{¶ 1} Today this court must decide whether the community-caretaking/emergency-aid exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement allows the police to stop a driver based on a dispatch that the driver is armed and plans to kill himself. Because we answer in the affirmative, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

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