Lopez v. State

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.

On July 1, 1981, appellant went to a combination bar-gas station. Mrs. Ander son, the proprietor of the Ucross Bar, pumped the gas. Mrs. Anderson…