State v. Sircy

The State has appealed from a judgment of the Trial Court sustaining a motion of the defendant in error to suppress certain evidence which was essential to the State’s case. The defendant in error, Sircy, was under indictment for' the offense ’ of possession of burglarious instruments, in violation of T.C.A. sec. 39-908. The evidence suppressed consists of seven “lock picks”, which are pieces of steel wire bent at right angles about one-quarter inch from one end and bent at the other end and wrapped with adhesive tape to form a handle. The record shows these “lock picks” are used primarily to…