Murphy v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Trudy Murphy appeals her convictions on five counts of burglary and one count of trafficking methamphetamine, arguing that the trial court erred in denying her motion to suppress, and that therefore the evidence supporting her convictions should have been excluded as the fruit of an unlawful arrest. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Construing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, Davis v. State, 1 the record shows that at 5:30 a.m. on August 10, 2004, a sheriffs deputy was driving past a residence, which he knew to be vacant, when he…