Watson v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant appeals from his conviction of burglary.

1. Appellant urges that his warrantless arrest was illegal and that his motion to suppress evidence seized as the result of his illegal arrest was erroneously denied.

The relevant facts are as follows: At approximately 3:30 a.m. appellant’s stepfather presented himself at the police station. He reported to the police that appellant “had come into his house with a lot of — several items, miscellaneous items: cigarettes, cokes, razor blades and so forth and he said [that appellant] broke into some place and took these items.” At…