State v. Aitken

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

Howard Aitken entered a conditional plea of guilty to grand theft, reserving the right to appeal from an adverse ruling on his motions to suppress evidence. The evidence he sought to suppress consisted of statements he had made to the police after his arrest and of fruits of the crime which police had seized during a consensual, warrantless search of a motel room rented by Aitken. We affirm.

The following undisputed facts were presented to the district court at the hear ing on Aitken’s motion to suppress. In December, 1989, Aitken employed an elaborate scheme to obtain…