Kimberly D. Blankenship v. State of Indiana

OPINION

NAJAM, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE1

Kimberly D. Blankenship appeals her convictions for unlawful possession of a syringe, as a Class D felony, and maintaining a common nuisance, a Class D felony. Blankenship raises a single issue for our review, which we restate as whether the trial court abused its discretion when it admitted into evidence contraband found in Blankenship’s hotel room that the police seized pursuant to a search warrant. We hold that the officers’ reliance on the search warrant was objectively reasonable under Article 1, Section 11 of the Indiana Constitution and, as…