State v. Frye

The defendant, William Frye, was convicted for driving with a suspended license. His sole assignment of error is that the police officer who stopped him lacked probable cause or reasonable suspicion to stop him. This court reverses the conviction.

An officer of the Rittman Police Department stopped Frye because one of Frye’s taillights was not working. The officer then ran a check of Frye’s operator’s license and registration pursuant to the routine practice of the Ritt-man Police Department. The check revealed that Frye was driving with a suspended license in violation of R.C. 4507.38. The…