Livingston v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant Phillip Livingston was convicted of the Class A felony of dealing in more than three ounces of a narcotic drug, namely heroin, I.C. 35-48-4-1, and also of possession of more than three ounces of the same narcotic, a Class C felony, I.C. 35-48-4-6. The trial court merged the two con-viections into one and sentenced Livingston to the presumptive sentence of thirty years.

Appellant challenges his conviction on the grounds that the trial court improperly ruled that he had no standing to challenge on Fourth Amendment grounds the admissibility of the evidence obtained in…