Benjamin v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and convicted of simple battery, rape, burglary, and two counts of robbery by use of force. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered on the guilty verdicts.

1. Appellant enumerates as error the denial of his motion to suppress certain evidence seized pursuant to a warrantless search of his bedroom. He contends that his. landlord had no authority to consent to a search of his bedroom for which he paid rent as a tenant. See generally Chapman v. United States, 365 U. S. 610 (81 SC 776, 5 LE2d 828) (1961).

At the pretrial…