State v. Casas
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1 THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, V. CASAS ET AL., APPELLANTS. 2 [Cite as State v. Casas (1996), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 3 Criminal law -- When police officer stops vehicle based on probable 4 cause that traffic violation has occurred, the stop is not 5 unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment to the United States 6 Constitution even if the officer had some ulterior motive for making 7 the stop. 8 (No. 96-679 -- Submitted April 30, 1996 -- Decided July 24, 1996.) 9 CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Medina County, Nos. 2451-M 10 and 2452-M. _________ 11 12 Dunn & Hare Co., L.P.A, and Kevin W. Dunn, for appellants. _________ 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority Dayton v. Erickson (1996), 76 Ohio St.3d 12, 665 N.E.2d 1091 MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, COOK and STRATTON, JJ., concur. PFEIFER, J., dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in Dayton v. Erickson (1996), 76 Ohio St.3d 12, 665 N.E.2d 1091, 1098.
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