STATE v. ELLIS

No. 12599.

586 P.2d 1050 (1978)

99 Idaho 606

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Robert Franklin ELLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

November 16, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Bell, Coeur d'Alene of Nixon, Nixon, Lyons & Bell, Coeur d'Alene, for defendant-appellant.

Wayne L. Kidwell, Atty. Gen., Arthur J. Berry, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lynn E. Thomas, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for plaintiff-respondent.


BISTLINE, Justice.

Defendant Ellis has appealed his conviction of grand larceny on the ground that there was an impermissible search of the trunk of an automobile in his possession, followed by a later seizure of incriminating evidence which was in that trunk. Defendant alleges both the search and the seizure were unlawful and the evidence should have been excluded. We find no error and affirm.

The evidence touching on the exclusionary issue is without dispute...

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