West v. Commonwealth

BEALES, Judge.

Joseph T. West (appellant) entered conditional guilty pleas to charges of maiming, breaking and entering, possession of burglary tools, aggravated sexual battery, object sexual penetration, and attempted rape, preserving his right to appeal the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence collected by the police after they entered his home. 1 The trial court then convicted appellant of these charges and sentenced him to life in the penitentiary plus thirty-one years, with thirty-one years suspended. Appellant appealed to this Court, arguing that the police entered his…