Manso v. State

This appeal is by two defendants who were apprehended by police while a burglary was in progress. The jury found defendants Manso and Comabella guilty of attempted breaking and entering a dwelling with intent to commit a felony, and also found defendant Comabella guilty of a second count of possession of burglary tools.

Two points are argued. The first, on behalf of Comabella alone, asserts that the trial court erred in denying a motion to suppress the burglary tools found on Coma-bella’s person after arrest. It is claimed that the officers did not have probable cause to make the arrest. We…