LOPEZ v. STATE

No. 5637.

643 P.2d 682 (1982)

Santiago Salcido LOPEZ, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Munker and Sylvia Lee Hackl, Wyoming Public Defender Program, Cheyenne, Michael H. Schilling, Wyoming Public Defender Program, Laramie, for appellant.

Steven F. Freudenthal, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Crim. Div.; Allen C. Johnson, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael L. Hubbard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellee.

Before ROSE, C.J., RAPER, THOMAS, ROONEY and BROWN, JJ.


BROWN, Justice.

Appellant appeals from a conviction of burglary, in violation of § 6-7-201(a)(i), W.S. 1977. In the trial court appellant unsuccessfully sought to suppress a rifle seized from his vehicle at the time of arrest. Appellant argued in the trial court and on appeal that the evidence was neither discovered through a search incident to a lawful arrest nor seized pursuant to a search warrant. He urges the same issue on appeal.

We will affirm....

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