State v. Leonard, A17-2061
b'In 2015, John Leonard was charged with two counts of check forgery after law enforcement officers conducting hotel interdictions reviewed guest registration records at a local hotel and discovered that Leonard had paid cash for a short-term room rental. Based on Leonard\\u2019s criminal history, the officers knocked on the hotel room door and a subsequent search of the room revealed evidence related to check forgery. Leonard filed a motion to suppress the evidence, arguing that the statute allowing law enforcement officers to inspect hotel registration records, Minn. Stat. \\xa7 327.12 (2018), is an unconstitutional violation of his expectation of privacy. The district court denied the suppression motion, finding that Leonard does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy when he voluntarily provides information to third parties, such as a hotel. The court of appeals affirmed.\\n\\nOn appeal to the supreme court, the issue is whether the hotel registry statute in Minnesota, Minn. Stat. \\xa7 327.12, is an unconstitutional violation of individual privacy. (Hennepin County)'