Brockington v. State

Deen, Chief Judge.

Brockington and Proctor were indicted, tried by a jury and convicted of possession of tools for the commission of a crime and criminal trespass.

1. Appellants contend that the trial court erred in overruling their motion to strike the testimony of two police officers relating to the comparison of footprints found on the ground leading from their truck to the scene of the attempted break-in with shoes worn by them because the testimony was rendered inadmissible as the result of an illegal arrest.

The arresting officer testified that the men were arrested under a municipal…