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STATE v. THOMAS

No. C3-98-1260.

598 N.W.2d 389 (1999)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Nathan THOMAS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied September 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul, for respondent.

Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney, Mark Nathan Lystig, Assistant County Attorney, St. Paul, for respondent.

Bradford Colbert, Assistant State Public Defender, St. Paul, for appellant.

Considered and decided by RANDALL, Presiding Judge, DAVIES, Judge, and FOLEY, Judge.

OPINION

DAVIES, Judge.

Appellant challenges the trial court's pretrial order denying his motion to suppress evidence, arguing that a guest in his hotel room did not have authority to consent to a police search of the room and room safe. Because the guest did not have authority to consent to the search of the locked safe, we reverse.

FACTS

In September 1997, St. Paul Police Officer Karels, while on routine patrol, interrupted an argument...

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