The Ohio Supreme ruled today that the warrantless 2013 search of a student’s backpack was constitutional. The case stemmed from an incident at Whetstone High School in Columbus. On February 5, 2013, a bus driver found a book bag that had been left on the school bus. Per policy, he gave it to the school …
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Criminal/Search and Seizure SB 138-Cavity Searches Senate Bill 138 would enable a corrections officer to cause a body cavity search to be conducted, establish separate rules and restrictions for conducting strip searches, and limit the right of any person to commence a civil action for a violation of the law governing body cavity searches and …
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that when police install a GPS monitoring unit on a person’s body after he or she has been convicted of a crime, this amounts to a search under the 4th Amendment, USA Today reports. At issue in Grady v. North Carolina is a law that requires convicted sex offenders to …
GPS devices put on convicted felons are 4th Amendment searches, rules Supreme Court Read More »
The Supreme Court of Ohio has significantly enhanced the search functions on their website, allowing users to seek out court opinions and announcements in a much more targeted way. The site has always been a high-quality, free resource to access Ohio court opinions, and has now added functionality to search by case number, county, author, …
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