Legal Opinion
State v. Dunn
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided March 15, 2012No. 2011-0213PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLundberg Stratton, J.
{¶ 1} Today this court must decide whether the community-caretaking/emergency-aid exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement allows the police to stop a driver based on a dispatch that the driver is armed and plans to kill himself. Because we answer in the affirmative, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.
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{¶ 2} On March 27, 2008, Vandalia Police Officer Robert Brazel received a dispatch that there was a suicidal male driving a tow truck and that he was planning to kill himself when he arrived at 114 Helke Road in Vandalia. The dispatcher…
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