Thomas v. State

Larry Hugh Thomas was convicted of rape and battery. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape and a consecutive term of 10 years for the battery. On appeal, he complains that:(1) Evidence (a house key) obtained as the result of his arrest on an unrelated charge should have been suppressed;(2) An incriminating letter that he wrote, while incarcerated at the Howard County Detention Center, to another inmate at that Center was unlawfully seized and should have been suppressed; and(3) The court erred in convicting him of both rape and battery, and in imposing consecutive sentences for…