OH7: “Appellant acknowledges a hotel employee can consent to law enforcement’s entry into a hotel room if the guest has been evicted.” He was

Defendant was staying at a Comfort Inn, and the hotel quickly concluded defendant was dealing drugs from the room. He didn’t respond to their entries to get out, so they called the police who came to remove him. When defendant didn’t respond to their knocks on the door, the hotel manager provided a key to the room, and the officer unlocked the door. The inside safety latch was in place, and the door wouldn’t open all the way. The officer could see defendant standing there with a bag of pills in his hand saying “wait a minute.” He didn’t open the door, so they forced their way in. “Appellant acknowledges a hotel employee can consent to law enforcement’s entry into a hotel room if the guest has been evicted.” The motion to suppress was denied [his concession seems to make the argument moot]. State v. Nickelson, 2017-Ohio-7503, 2017 Ohio App. LEXIS 3819 (7th Dist. Aug. 30, 2017).

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