Reese v. State

Banke, Judge.

The appellant was charged in four separate indictments with four counts of rape, one count of robbery, and one count of armed robbery. He was found guilty on all counts in a single trial. This appeal is from the denial of his motion for new trial.

1. The trial court did not err in overruling the appellant’s motion to suppress evidence allegedly seized from his person pursuant to an illegal arrest.

While on routine patrol duty one night, the arresting officer observed the appellant "hurrying” from a lot behind an empty filling station in an area of town where several rapes had been…