State v. Martin, Unpublished Decision (12-3-2004)

OPINION.

{¶ 1} This appeal addresses under what circumstances the police may enter private premises without a warrant to secure evidence that they believe is in the process of being destroyed. The plaintiff-appellant, the state of Ohio, argues that the trial court misunderstood those circumstances when it granted the motion to suppress of the defendant-appellee, Mcarron Martin. Martin had been charged with seven felony drug offenses involving trafficking in cocaine and possession of both marijuana and cocaine. Evidence of four of the counts was seized pursuant to a search warrant, but only…