State v. Jones

{¶ 1} Today we determine whether an officer’s extraterritorial traffic stop in contravention of R.C. 2935.03 also violates the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, when the officer has probable cause to initiate the stop because he personally observed a traffic violation. For the reasons that follow, we hold that it does not.

Relevant Background

{¶ 2} On the night of September 27, 2006, Sergeant Mitchell Hershberger of the East Canton Police Department responded to an accident at 113 East Nassau Street in East Canton. A witness told Sergeant Hershberger that a red Ford Ranger had…