State v. Davis

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 1875

Syllabus

The trial court did not err by failing to suppress evidence and statements that were obtained by police officers who entered appellant's hotel room and asked appellant if he had any weapons. The officers' entry into appellant's hotel room was constitutionally permissible because the officers entered to execute a valid arrest warrant. The officers' question about weapons was constitutionally permissible under the public safety exception to the Miranda rule. Whether a search of the hotel room nightstand was constitutionally permissible was not raised by appellant during the trial court proceedings and is therefore waived for appeal and otherwise lacks merit. Judgment affirmed. (Donovan, J., dissenting.)