Coleman v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Appellant was charged as a habitual offender with possessing cocaine with the intent to deliver and with possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia with intent to use. He filed a motion to suppress the evidence of these crimes that was seized from his residence in a nighttime search. The basis of the motion was that the supporting affidavit did not state sufficient facts for the issuance of a nighttime search warrant. The trial court denied the motion. Appellant then entered conditional pleas of guilty and was sentenced to a total of fifty years in prison. He…