State v. Smith

SIMON, Judge.

Charles Leon Smith (defendant) appeals his conviction, pursuant to the jury’s verdict in the Circuit Court of St. Charles County, of burglary in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree. He was sentenced to 15 years for burglary and five years for sexual abuse, said sentences to run consecutively.

On appeal, defendant contends the trial court erred in: (1) failing to sustain defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained without a search warrant where no exigent circumstances existed for an inventory search; (2) permitting the investigating officers to testify to…