Wade v. State

Appellant, Lionel L. Wade, was indicted by the Houston County Grand Jury for the burglary of the East North Street Grocery in Dothan, in violation of § 13A-7-7, Code of Alabama 1975. During the burglary, Jax Beer was taken from the cooler and two coin operated machines were broken into. Appellant was subsequently convicted of the burglary, and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 20 years, and a fine of $5,000.

I

Appellant argues first that the search of his home was illegal because none of the exceptions to the requirement of a search warrant was established. The testimony of Officer…