OH8: Seat belt ordinance permissible under police power

A seat belt ordinance (as well as state law on the subject) is a proper exercise of police power for which a traffic stop may occur when an officer sees an occupant without a seat belt on. City of South Euclid v. FortsonCity of South Euclid v. FortsonCity of South Euclid v. Fortson, 2020-Ohio-187, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 152 (8th Dist. Jan. 23, 2020).

Defendant was under an order of protection, and he retrieved nine firearms from the Phoenix PD. A search warrant was sought for the firearms, and they had specific descriptions of each, but they didn’t provide one. The motion to suppress is granted. United States v. Bachler, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10312 (D. Ariz. Jan. 22, 2020).* [Query: If possessing any firearm is a crime, and they know he has nine, why is an itemization required? They know he has nine, and possession of any one is a crime, whether itemized or not. I predict reversal.]

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