State v. Loftin

Gregory, Justice:

Appellant James Loftin was convicted of forgery and sentenced to two (2) years imprisonment. The trial judge also revoked a prior probationary sentence to be served consecutively to the forgery sentence. We reverse the revocation of appellant’s probation and the forgery conviction and remand for a new trial.

Appellant assigns error to the admission in evidence of two checks found in his apartment. We agree the checks should have been excluded as fruits of an illegal search.

A prosecution witness, J. A. Nickols, testified that three checks were discovered missing from his place…