Update: On May 2, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“So, what the state wants us to say is it is reasonable that after a police officer hears gunshots fired,to stop basically anyone in the area?”

Justice Stewart to the Prosecutor

“Are you

Update: On May 2, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read an analysis of the argument here.

On January 29, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case State of Ohio v. Jaonte D. Hairston, 2017-1505.

On February 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Jones, 2015-Ohio-483. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Lanzinger, the court held that the proper standard to determine whether probable cause exists to issue a search warrant is the totality of the circumstances, and a single