State v. Jacob

Froelich, Judge.

{¶ 1} Kevin Jacob appeals from a judgment of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas that denied his motions to suppress evidence and convicted him, upon his no contest pleas, of two counts of theft from an elderly person.

{¶ 2} The Ohio municipal court judge who issued the search warrant, which was to be executed in California, lacked the authority to do so, which resulted in a fundamental violation of Jacob’s Fourth Amendment rights and required suppression of the evidence obtained pursuant to the warrant. Therefore, the judgment of the trial court is reversed.

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