Hatcher v. State

McMurray, Judge.

Defendant was indicted for burglary of a hotel room. He was sentenced to serve 20 years. The sole complaint involves the motion to suppress the evidence and the allowance of this evidence to be used against him on the trial.

A burglary had occurred at the hotel, and in investigating same, the officers’ information centered on the occupant in a hotel room. The articles reported as stolen were observed in plain view in the room when the defendant opened the door in response to the officer’s knock. The defendant then made an admission that he had just purchased the goods from…