State v. Shingleton

George David Shingleton was convicted in the Circuit Court of Pleasants County on a two-count indictment for breaking and entering and for grand larceny from the Pleasants County Bank. Only one of Shin-gleton’s assignments of error requires discussion: whether the passenger compartment of the automobile he was driving was legally searched by the Ohio State Police. 1 We conclude the search and seizure was constitutionally proper and affirm.

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At approximately 9:10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 1978, Larry Carpenter, state trooper for the State of Ohio, observed a noisy, blue Mustang…