SOURCE LIST
Every authority cited in the Ohio file, with a link to the primary text. Verified as of September 2026.
Ohio Revised Code
- ORC 2921.29
Failure to disclose one's personal information
Cited in: Getting Stopped, Traffic Stops
- ORC 2921.31
Obstructing official business
Cited in: Traffic Stops, How You Carry Yourself
- ORC 2921.33
Resisting arrest
Cited in: Traffic Stops, How You Carry Yourself
- ORC 2921.331
Failure to comply with order or signal of police officer
Cited in: Walk It Through: Traffic Stop
- ORC 2929.24
Definite jail terms for misdemeanors
Cited in: Getting Stopped, Charges
- ORC 2929.28
Financial sanctions for misdemeanors
Cited in: Getting Stopped, Charges
- ORC 2929.14
Definite prison terms for felonies
Cited in: Charges
- ORC 2929.18
Financial sanctions for felonies
Cited in: Charges
- ORC 2901.02
Classification of offenses
Cited in: Charges
- ORC 4507.35
Display of license on demand
Cited in: Traffic Stops
- ORC 4509.101
Proof of financial responsibility required to operate a motor vehicle
Cited in: Traffic Stops
- ORC 4511.19
Operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs (OVI)
Cited in: Behind The Wheel, Marijuana And Drugs
- ORC 4511.191
Implied consent to chemical tests
Cited in: Behind The Wheel
- ORC 2933.51
Wiretapping and electronic surveillance definitions
Cited in: Recording
- ORC 2933.52
Interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications
Cited in: Recording
- ORC 2923.12
Carrying concealed weapons
Cited in: Carrying
- ORC 2923.111
Concealed carry by qualifying adults without a license
Cited in: Carrying
- ORC 2935.12
Forcible entry in making an arrest or executing a search warrant
Cited in: Your Home
- ORC 2925.11
Possession of controlled substances
Cited in: Marijuana And Drugs
- ORC 2925.14
Drug paraphernalia
Cited in: Marijuana And Drugs
- ORC 2925.141
Illegal use or possession of marihuana drug paraphernalia
Cited in: Marijuana And Drugs
- ORC 3796.01
Marijuana Control Law, definitions
Cited in: Marijuana And Drugs
- ORC 3796.062
Transportation of marijuana in a motor vehicle
Cited in: Marijuana And Drugs
- ORC 3796.20
Adult use marijuana, personal possession and home grow
Cited in: Marijuana And Drugs
- ORC 4511.194
Having physical control of a vehicle while under the influence
Cited in: Marijuana And Drugs
- ORC 2933.21
Search warrants, when issued
Cited in: Your Home
- 21 U.S.C. § 812
Federal controlled substance schedules. Marijuana remains Schedule I except as reclassified
Cited in: Marijuana And Drugs
- Ohio Sub. S.B. 56
Replaced Chapter 3780 with the Marijuana Control Law in Chapter 3796, effective March 20, 2026
Cited in: Marijuana And Drugs
Constitutional provisions
- Ohio Const. art. I, § 14
Search warrants and general warrants
Cited in: Traffic Stops, Marijuana And Drugs, Your Home
- Ohio Const. art. I, § 10
Rights of the accused
Cited in: How You Carry Yourself
- U.S. Const. amend. I
Freedom of speech and of the press
Cited in: Recording
- U.S. Const. amend. IV
Searches and seizures
Cited in: Getting Stopped, Traffic Stops, Marijuana And Drugs, Your Home
- U.S. Const. amend. V
Rights in criminal cases, self incrimination
Cited in: Getting Stopped, Traffic Stops, How You Carry Yourself
- U.S. Const. amend. VI
Right to counsel
Cited in: How You Carry Yourself
Cases
- Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
Investigative stops require reasonable suspicion
Cited in: Getting Stopped
- Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
Evidence from an unlawful search is excluded in state court
Cited in: How You Carry Yourself
- Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
Right to remain silent and to counsel during custodial interrogation
Cited in: How You Carry Yourself
- Payton v. New York, 445 U.S. 573 (1980)
Warrantless entry into a home to make a routine arrest is barred
Cited in: Your Home
- Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218 (1973)
Consent to a search must be voluntary
Cited in: Traffic Stops, Marijuana And Drugs
- Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806 (1996)
A traffic stop is reasonable when there is probable cause of a traffic violation
Cited in: Traffic Stops
- State v. Hoover, 123 Ohio St.3d 418, 2009-Ohio-4993
Refusing a chemical test after a prior OVI conviction can carry its own penalty
Cited in: Behind The Wheel
- Maumee v. Anistik, 69 Ohio St.3d 339 (1994)
A refusal to take a chemical test may be considered by the jury
Cited in: Behind The Wheel
- State v. Dejournett
Ohio line of cases holding the odor of marijuana alone can supply probable cause to search a vehicle
Cited in: Marijuana And Drugs
- State v. Lewis (2026)
Ohio appellate decision holding that after legalisation the odor of burnt marijuana alone does not justify a search
Cited in: Marijuana And Drugs
Rules of procedure
- 89 FR, DOJ rescheduling order
April 2026 order placing FDA approved and state licensed medical marijuana products in Schedule III, with broader rescheduling still under review
Cited in: Marijuana And Drugs
- Ohio Crim.R. 12
Pretrial motions, including motions to suppress evidence
Cited in: How You Carry Yourself
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