STATE v. SPROUSE

No. 15520.

297 S.E.2d 833 (1982)

STATE of West Virginia v. Roy E. SPROUSE, Jr.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis R. Lewis, Asst. Pros. Atty., Parkersburg, for appellee.

James I. Stealey, Goldenberg, Goldenberg & Stealey, Parkersburg, for appellant.


PER CURIAM:

Roy E. Sprouse, Jr., appeals his conviction in the Circuit Court of Wood County for entering without breaking in violation of W.Va.Code, 61-3-12. We reverse.

Sprouse, charged in a multi-count indictment with having committed an April, 1980 theft offense in Parkersburg, filed a pre-trial motion to suppress his confession on the ground that it was the product of a warrantless, unconstitutional arrest. After a pre-trial suppression hearing...

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