Stone v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellant Lloyd Stone, Jr., appeals his judgment of conviction for manufacture of methamphetamine and his sentence of twenty-seven years. He raises six points on appeal. We reverse on the refusal of the trial court to suppress the evidence seized, and we remand for further proceedings.

For several months, Garland County Sheriffs Department Investigators Corey DeArmon and Danny Wilson had been monitoring Stone’s home because they suspected that he was involved in the manufacture or sale of methamphetamine. On the night of September 17, 1998, at approximately 8:30 p.m.,…