T.A.P. v. State

WELCH, Judge.

T.A.P. was adjudicated delinquent, pursuant to a plea of true to the delinquency petition, in the Jefferson Juvenile Court for possession of a controlled substance, specifically heroin, a violation of § 13A-12-212(a)(l), Ala.Code 1975. He was committed to the Alabama Department of Youth Services.

On appeal, T.A.P. argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the heroin seized from his shoe because, he says, the police did not have probable cause to search his shoe.1 Specifically, T.A.P. argues that the only information supporting the search came from an…