State v. Rodriguez

Thompson, A.C.J.

Jose R. Rodriguez appeals his conviction for first degree assault, contending the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence seized from his mother's apartment and from a garbage receptacle used by apartment residents. We affirm.

On July 20, 1990, at approximately 11:30 p.m., Armando Martinez, a volunteer emergency medical technician with the Grandview Fire Department, responded to a call about a stabbing in a Grandview apartment. When Mr. Martinez arrived at the scene, Leobegilda Cortez was bleeding from cuts which appeared to have been inflicted by a large…