Nelson v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, C. J.:

A jury found Gary Allen Nelson guilty of burglary and grand larceny. He seeks reversal, contending, among other things, that the State’s case was substantially based upon the fruits of a constitutionally impermissible search and seizure. We agree.

Nelson was charged, by information, with burglary and grand larceny. Nelson’s pretrial motion to suppress evidence, discovered as a result of police officers’ warrantless intrusion into the apartment of Jackie Rebori, aka Laura Goldberger, was denied by the district court with leave to renew the motion at trial. Sec…