State v. Talley

Defendant appeals from a conviction of unlawful possession of heroin.

Defendant contends the court erred: (1) in submitting the case to the jury in the absence of substantial evidence that defendant was in constructive possession of heroin; (2) in failing to suppress the heroin obtained as a result of an illegal search of the curtilage of the defendant’s apartment; (3) in failing to grant the defendant’s motion for a continuance, or in the alternative, for a change of venue based upon pretrial publicity; and (4) in permitting the investigating officers to testify, in that the content of their…