State v. Entsminger

MASON, Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment following a jury verdict convicting defendant Harvey Lyle Entsminger of uttering a forged instrument contrary to section 718.-2, Code, 1962, 1966.

Questions in the case are whether (1) private handwritten papers seized from defendant during a “booking” procedure were seized and searched illegally contrary to Amendments 4 and 14 of the United States Constitution; (2) the State’s use of these papers at defendant’s trial compelled him to be a witness against himself in contravention of Amendments 5 and 14; and (3) there was a material and fatal…