Colding v. State

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted appellant, Tommie D. Golding, Jr., of possession of heroin, and fixed his punishment at five years of confinement in the Department of Correction. From the judgment so entered, Golding appeals, arguing that the trial court erroneously failed to suppress the heroin found on his person pursuant to an allegedly unconstitutional search.

The facts pertinent to the challenged search are not disputed, nor is the validity of the search warrant itself challenged. The warrant commanded the executing officers to search the Ebony Pal, a bar, which had in its…