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OH12: Officer walking up to an illegally parked car is not a stop

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Officer walking up to an illegally parked car is not a stop. State v. Good, 2008 Ohio 4502, 2008 Ohio App. LEXIS 3831 (12th Dist. September 8, 2008).* Officer received a tip in-person about a man with a gun, and the officer approached a group the man was in, and they disbursed. The defendant had a bulge and walked with a limp like he had a gun. The tip was detailed and corroborated by action, but the observation was what justified the stop. State v. Vaughn, 2008 Ohio 4585, 2008 Ohio App. LEXIS 3868 (8th Dist. September 11, 2008).*

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on September 12, 2008 (boomark / email).