Wilkes v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Appellant James Walter Wilkes was convicted of armed robbery of a Burger King restaurant. On appeal, he enumerates as error the trial court’s refusal to suppress evidence obtained from Wilkes’ house, and the admission of evidence concerning another incident which occurred fourteen days prior to the Burger King robbery. Held:

1. The search warrant was not invalid for lack of probable cause. The evidence shows that after the Burger King closed on August 23, 1982, in the early morning hours, the store manager stopped at a grocery store on his way home. The appellant, driving a…