Merriweather v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction of robbery by firearms; the punishment was assessed at thirty (30) years.

Appellant contends in his initial ground of error that “the district court erred in overruling defendant’s objection to the introduction of the ring into evidence where there was no probable cause shown for the search and seizure by the arresting officers that produced the ring.”

Prior to trial, a hearing was held on appellant’s motion to suppress evidence. Since the constitutional validity of a war-rantless search can only be decided in terms of the concrete…