People v. Montoya

Opinion by

Judge HUME.

Defendant, Robert Lee Montoya, appeals the judgment of conviction entered following a trial to the court in which he was found guilty of one count of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Defendant contends the trial court erred in denying his pre-trial motion to suppress evidence obtained as the result of an allegedly illegal search. We affirm.

The evidence presented at the suppression hearing revealed the following undisputed facts. A motel employee assigned to clean vacant rooms found defendant asleep inside a room that…