Hood v. State

Hawes, Justice.

Hood was convicted of the offense of armed robbery and sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment. He made a motion for a new trial, which, as amended, was overruled, and he appealed. In this court he complains only of the overruling of his motion to suppress evidence and of the overruling of the general grounds of his motion for a new trial.

1. The accused filed two motions to suppress physical evidence on the ground that it was obtained by means of an illegal search and on the ground that no connection between the evidence and the crime with which he was charged was shown. The…