{"id":63016,"date":"2026-02-02T14:42:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63016"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:42:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:42:53","slug":"oh6-search-claim-resolved-in-criminal-case-is-collateral-estoppel-in-forfeiture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63016","title":{"rendered":"OH6: Search claim resolved in criminal case is collateral estoppel in forfeiture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a forfeiture after defendant lost his search claim in his criminal case. The search issue is res judicata or collateral estoppel in the forfeiture. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.ohio.gov\/rod\/docs\/pdf\/6\/2026\/2026-Ohio-292.pdf\">State v. Pitts<\/a>, 2026-Ohio-292 (6th Dist. Jan. 30, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant\u2019s superseding indictment raising the stakes at trial wasn\u2019t good cause and didn\u2019t justify defendant\u2019s motion to suppress 12 days before trial after waiting three years and not filing before the last trial aborted during jury selection. The case is no different. [The suppression motion would lose on the merits anyway, but the defense lawyer took the hit here.] United States v. Smith, 4:22-CR-00319-LPR (E.D. Ark. Jan. 31, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant rear-ended another car in a construction zone. The officer showed probable cause to believe defendant was under the influence for a BAC blood draw. Moody v. State, 2026 Tex. App. LEXIS 861 (Tex. App. \u2013 Ft. Worth Jan. 30, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a forfeiture after defendant lost his search claim in his criminal case. The search issue is res judicata or collateral estoppel in the forfeiture. State v. Pitts, 2026-Ohio-292 (6th Dist. Jan. 30, 2026). Defendant\u2019s superseding indictment raising the &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63016\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,126,20,129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forfeiture","category-issue-preclusion","category-probable-cause","category-waiver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63017,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63016\/revisions\/63017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}