State v. Funk

Kline, Judge.

{¶ 1} Gregory A. Funk appeals the judgment of the Chillicothe Municipal Court, overruling his motion to suppress the results of a chemical test of his urine, which was taken to determine the alcohol content in his body. On appeal, Funk contends that the trial court erred when it overruled his motion to suppress by finding that the Fourth Amendment is not implicated because Funk abandoned his urine during his hospitalization when hospital staff inserted a catheter into Funk to collect his urine. An employee put the urine from the catheter into a plastic container with the purpose…