Legal Opinion
State v. Davis
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 8, 1982No. 15402PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Chief Justice:
In this criminal appeal the defendant, Larry Davis, challenges his convictions of five counts of breaking and entering primarily on the basis of illegally seized evidence including the use of his allegedly invalid oral confession.
During the night of April 19, 1980, five business establishments located on the second floor of a building in Beckley were broken into and items of personal property were taken. Entry had been gained to the building through the second floor of the adjacent Beckley Hotel. A Beckley police officer, with the permission of the hotel clerk, searched…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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