State v. Little

BRITT, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the trial court’s failure to suppress evidence derived from a search prior to arrest. We find no merit in this assignment.

The search of the Lowry house was lawful and evidence derived therefrom was properly admitted into evidence. The validity of evidence against a criminal defendant obtained from a search consented to by a third person owner or occupant has been approved by the United States Supreme Court. Frazier v. Cupp, 394 U.S. 731, 22 L.Ed. 2d 684, 89 S.Ct. 1420 (1969). This rule was reaffirmed in Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218, 36 L.Ed.…