State v. Miller

Defendant has appealed from convictions for armed robbery of a drug store and for being, an ex- convict in possession of a hand gun. He contends that the trial court erred in failing to grant a hearing on his motion to suppress evidence. The principal ground stated in that motion, and in a supporting affidavit and brief, was that the search was made without a warrant and was thus “per se unreasonable.” ① It later developed that the evidence sought to be suppressed included drugs taken from the store and the gun used in the robbery, as found by the officers in defendant’s coat pockets at the…