State v. McNeill

VAUGHN, Judge.

Defendant’s first assignment of error is that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the introduction of the shotgun that was seized as a result of a search of a room occupied by defendant on 18 December 1975. Defendant’s contention on this issue is twofold. He first argues that Margaret Smith was not in a position to give a valid consent to the search of the room within which he was residing on the date of the search and wherein the sawed-off shotgun was discovered by police officers. His second argument against the admission of the shotgun into evidence at his…