Thomason v. State

Sears, Justice.

Following a three-day bench trial, appellant Gary Chad Thomason was convicted of malice murder, burglary, and possession of a firearm by a felon during the commission of a burglary.1 The trial court sentenced Thomason to death for the murder conviction, finding as statutory aggravating circumstances that the murder was committed during the commission of a burglary, and for the purpose of obtaining money and things of monetary value.2 On appeal, we find that the trial court properly denied Thomason’s motion to suppress certain evidence, because the searches and seizures that…