State v. Farley

The defendant, Lonnie Edward Farley, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Wood County for possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) and was sentenced to six months in the Wood County Correctional Center. He alleges that: (1) the marijuana admitted into evidence was the product of an illegal search and should have been suppressed; and (2) the trial court erred in admitting statements made by him at the time he was arrested and shortly thereafter.

The evidence in the case discloses that during the early morning hours of April 2, 1977, the defendant left an establishment known as…