Pearce v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

In the summer of 1994, Dewell Wayne Pearce tried to abduct a young woman at gunpoint. He was subsequently convicted of attempted kidnapping, third-degree assault, and third-degree weapons misconduct (felon in possession of a concealable firearm) 1

In this appeal, Pearce argues that the superior court should have suppressed one piece of the State's evidence: an apparent suicide note, handwritten by Pearce, that was discovered on his boat during the execution of a search warrant. The warrant authorized the police to search for a handgun and holster, ammunition, and…