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OH2: Shopping bag temporarily left in a motel room that was not defendant's was not an abandonment

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Defendant did not abandon a shopping bag he left in a motel room that was not his. An officer asked about another person, and he went into the motel room to get her, leaving the bag behind. The officer illegally entered the room and searched the bag. State v. Jones, 2009 Ohio 61, 2009 Ohio App. LEXIS 46 (2d Dist. January 9, 2009).* Plain feel did not justify seizure of lump from defendant's pocket that officer could not identify as contraband. State v. Lawson, 2009 Ohio 62, 2009 Ohio App. LEXIS 48 (2d Dist. January 9, 2009).* Police had information that defendant was involved with the property targeted by a search warrant to detain him when he was seen nearby. State v. Jacobs, 2009 Ohio 68, 2009 Ohio App. LEXIS 78 (4th Dist. January 6, 2009)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on January 16, 2009 (boomark / email).