01/04/2024
Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Decided | WebCite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State v. Kancler | 112849 | Motion to suppress; traffic stop; reasonable suspicion; no continuing justification for continued detention. A patrol officer initiated a traffic stop under the reasonable suspicion that the defendant-driver was driving with an extinguished headlight. When the officer observed during the traffic stop that both headlights were operational, he no longer had a reasonable suspicion or probable cause to further detain the driver or conduct a search of his vehicle. The trial court erred when it denied the defendant-driver’s motion to suppress the contraband discovered during the search of his vehicle. | Kilbane | Cuyahoga | 1/4/2024 |