http://briefcase8.com/2007/03/28/stop-and-frisk-policy-searches/ Case analysis with an attitude Mon, 21 May 2012 14:51:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://briefcase8.com/2007/03/28/stop-and-frisk-policy-searches/comment-page-1/#comment-41792 The Briefcase » The elusive search for the bright line Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:32:48 +0000 http://briefcase8.com/2007/03/28/stop-and-frisk-policy-searches/#comment-41792 [...] On the other side of bright-line rules, you have the 2nd District’s decision last week in State v. Schneider.  Yes, the search was struck down, on the ground that the officers had no basis for a stop.  But the court reaffirms its holding that, in cases involving drug trafficking, “the right to frisk is virtually automatic when individuals are suspected of committing a crime, like drug trafficking, for which they are likely to be armed.”  As I’ve mentioned in the past, that’s not the law in the 8th, despite the above quote being from an Ohio Supreme Court case.  [...] [...] On the other side of bright-line rules, you have the 2nd District’s decision last week in State v. Schneider.  Yes, the search was struck down, on the ground that the officers had no basis for a stop.  But the court reaffirms its holding that, in cases involving drug trafficking, “the right to frisk is virtually automatic when individuals are suspected of committing a crime, like drug trafficking, for which they are likely to be armed.”  As I’ve mentioned in the past, that’s not the law in the 8th, despite the above quote being from an Ohio Supreme Court case.  [...]

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