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State V. Patrick
Posted on January 2nd, 2010 1 commentState v. Patrick, 153 Ohio Misc.2d 20, 2008-Ohio-7142
Link to .pdf decision on Ohio Supreme Court website, or can google for it, to quick view it.
It is unusual for a lower court decision to be published (so why was this one?).
The short summary is; since there was no probably cause for the deputy to do the stop in the first place (because the defendant was doing nothing illegal), everything that came later (the alleged disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and whatever else) was supressed. All charges were dismissed.
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Take the lane @ Arizona Bike Law Blog January 6th, 2010 at 12:16