Martin v. United States

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant Martin was convicted of first-degree felony murder while armed 1 and first-degree burglary while armed. 2 On appeal Martin argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress his confession. Martin contends that his arrest was not based on probable cause and that the police lacked consent to enter his grandparents’ home to make the arrest. Consequently, he maintains, the confession which he gave later at the police station was the fruit of an illegal arrest and should have been suppressed.

We hold, first of all, that appellant has standing to…