State v. Droste

The issues presented by this case are (1) whether liquor control investigators have the authority to stop an individual for violating traffic laws, and (2) if the liquor control investigators did not have the authority to make a traffic stop, must all evidence deriving from that stop be suppressed.

R.C. 5502.61(C) and (D)1 set forth the authority granted by the legislature to liquor control investigators:

“(C)(1) A liquor control investigator, on any retail liquor permit premises or any other premises where a violation of Title XLIII of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under it is…