STATE v. ALEXANDER

No. 80-99-C.A.

433 A.2d 965 (1981)

STATE v. Patrick ALEXANDER.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

August 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts, II, Atty. Gen., James P. Renaldo, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

John F. Cicilline, Providence, Sheldon Yavitz, Miami, Fla., for defendant.


OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal by the state from an order of a justice of the Superior Court suppressing certain evidence obtained as a result of the warrantless search of a motel room rented by the defendant Patrick Alexander. This search took place after Alexander had been arrested in another room in the same building. We affirm. The facts pertinent to this appeal are as follows.

On August 14, 1977, a number of...

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