Snider v. State

Andrews, Judge.

Michael Shane Snider appeals from the judgment of conviction entered on the trial court’s verdict in a bench trial finding him guilty of possession of methamphetamine. Snider claims the trial court erred by denying his pre-trial motion to suppress methamphetamine and related evidence found by police during warrantless searches conducted in a hotel room occupied by Snider and a third party. We find: (1) that police entry into the hotel room violated the Fourth Amendment; (2) that the illegal entry tainted and rendered invalid Snider’s prior consent to the searches; and (3) that…