Commonwealth v. Collins

By Judge Everett A. Martin, Jr.

On March 24,2000, at about 9:20 p.m., Janvier Collins went to the police operations center to complain that he had been robbed. He said he had been staying in room 241 of the Ramada Inn at Ocean View. (Transcript, pp. 5,30.) He spoke to Investigator Joseph who was suspicious because the preceding day a pizza delivery driver had been robbed at the Ramada Inn and the call had been placed from room 241. (Tr., pp. 5, 31.) While he was at the police operations center, another call of a robbery at the Ramada Inn was received. (Tr., p. 5.)

Investigator Joseph determined…