STATE v. HUNTER

No. 55405.

48 Ohio App. 3d 170 (1988)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. HUNTER, APPELLEE.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Cuyahoga County.

Decided October 24, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Corrigan, prosecuting attorney, and Kathleen Craig, for appellant.

Thomas Kelley, for appellee.


PATTON, P.J.

The state appeals from a decision that suppressed evidence of drugs seized from defendant-appellee Van Hunter while he occupied a closed toilet stall during a concert.

The assigned error is sustained for the reason that probable cause existed for the warrantless search of the toilet stall. Police officers were aware that concertgoers would use toilet stalls as a hiding place for drug activity. Upon entering the restroom during a routine patrol...

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