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What’s On Their Minds: Expectation of Privacy in a Hospital: Should Personal Items Seized Without a Warrant from a Suspect’s Hospital Room Be Suppressed? State of Ohio v. Jacob LaRosa

By Marianna Bettman on March 9, 2021

Update: On November 18, 2021 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here

“You are saying a third party can’t just hand the government its own property?”

Justice Fischer to counsel for LaRosa

“Why wasn’t it reasonable to secure a warrant for the seizure of the…

Oral Argument Preview: Expectation of Privacy in a Hospital: Should Personal Items Seized Without a Warrant from a Suspect’s Hospital Room Be Suppressed? State of Ohio v. Jacob LaRosa

By Marianna Bettman on February 22, 2021

Update: On November 18, 2021 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here

Read an analysis of the oral argument here.

On March 3, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. Jacob R. LaRosa, 2020-0337. At…