Brown v. State

Amos Brown appeals his conviction and sentence following his pleas of nolo con-tendere to the charges of breaking and entering a dwelling with the intent to commit a felony and petit larceny. Brown changed his pleas of not guilty to nolo con-tendere with the stipulation by the State that he reserved the right to appeal the trial court’s denial of his pretrial motion to suppress.

Brown’s conviction stems from a robbery of the home of Morrell, which crime Brown admits by his pleas having committed. Morrell, after seeing Brown enter her home and take certain valuables, called the police and gave…