State v. Wallace

Appellant, Jake Wallace, was convicted of receiving stolen goods and sentenced to two (2) years imprisonment. At issue is the trial judge’s finding that appellant voluntarily gave his consent for a search of his Bluefield Inn property in Florence County. It was during this search that several sheets of stolen tobacco were discovered. We affirm.

Appellant argues that the trial judge erred in not excluding testimony concerning the search, on the grounds that the consent was involuntary because appellant was under arrest in the police station when he consented and because he was not told of his…