Dearing v. State of Indiana

Appellant was convicted of grand larceny and upon this appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the validity of a search of appellant’s room, made without a warrant, which discovered damaging evidence used at his trial.

We will consider first the search of appellant’s room which the appellee seeks to justify only upon the ground that appellant consented thereto and thereby waived his constitutional immunity to unreasonable search or seizure.

Appellant was charged with stealing $585.00 in currency alleged to belong to one H. W. McGrew on August 21, 1947. There was evidence that…