{"id":63931,"date":"2026-04-25T15:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63931"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:39:23","slug":"s-d-ohio-dea-agents-tailing-a-car-can-request-marked-unit-to-make-a-traffic-stop-for-violations-they-saw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63931","title":{"rendered":"S.D.Ohio: DEA agents tailing a car can request marked unit to make a traffic stop for violations they saw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DEA agents following defendant in an unmarked car observed traffic violations, and they requested a marked unit to make a stop, which was valid. United States v. Peterson, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90905 (S.D. Ohio Apr. 24, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A state prosecution was based on a video that was inconclusive, and it failed. There was at least arguable probable cause for the arrest, and that\u2019s enough for qualified immunity. Puller v. Greco, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 11777 (10th Cir. Apr. 24, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The search warrant materials were in existence in 2016, and they aren\u2019t newly discovered evidence for his 2024 post-conviction petition. State v. Sanchez, 2026-Ohio-1497 (5th Dist. Apr. 24, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dashcam caught defendant wandering over the fog line before the stop, and the trial court credited that. State v. Jackson, 2026-Ohio-1486 (4th Dist. Apr. 16, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEA agents following defendant in an unmarked car observed traffic violations, and they requested a marked unit to make a stop, which was valid. United States v. Peterson, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90905 (S.D. Ohio Apr. 24, 2026).* A state &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63931\">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":[93,40,35,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collective-knowledge","category-qualified-immunity","category-reasonable-suspicion","category-warrant-papers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63931","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=63931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63932,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63931\/revisions\/63932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}