State v. Barrow

In State v. Barrow (Dec. 17, 1987), Cuyahoga App. No. 53140, 1987 Ohio App, two officers observed the defendant and another man leaning in the open doors of a car with a back window that had been smashed. Suspecting that the car had been stolen, the officers detained them. A check revealed that the car was not stolen. The officers then ran warrant checks on the men. The Court stated that "the initial stop was proper but the officer that ran the warrant check said he had no reason to hold them and they had committed no crime in his presence but they were not free to go. The officers failed to tell the trial court the articulable and reasonable suspicion which justified the further detention." Id.