Saunders v. Commonwealth

Keith Angelo Saunders (Saunders or defendant) was convicted by a jury of the first degree murder of Alexander S. Mottley (Mottley or victim). The jury fixed Saunders’ punishment at imprisonment for life. We granted a writ of error on limited grounds to the trial court’s order sentencing the defendant on the verdict.

Under the writ we will consider only two issues raised by the defendant, namely, (1) whether the trial court erred in sustaining the validity of search warrants authorizing a search of the defendant's automobile and residence, and (2) whether the trial court erred when it denied…