State v. Roach

These are two criminal complaints which charge the defendant with the unlawful possession of lottery tickets — a violation of G. L. 1956, §11-19-5. The cases were consolidated in the Superior Court where a justice of that court found the defendant guilty as charged in both

A pretrial hearing was held on defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence on the grounds that the police did not have probable cause to arrest him. The motion was denied, and an exception taken. This is the only exception being pressed by defendant. We shall consider whether defendant’s arrest was in violation of §12-7-3…