Kaestel v. State

George Rose Smith, justice.

The appellant, Rolf Kaestel, age 29, along with two other men, Terry Spitler, 22, and Selid Holt, 20, and two women, Alice Wallace, 16, and Linda Wright, 19, was charged with aggravated robbery committed at Señor Bob’s Taco Hut in Fort Smith on February 15, 1981, and with being an habitual criminal. Kaestel was tried separately, found guilty, and sentenced to the maximum punishment of life imprisonment and a $15,000 fine. For reversal he questions the trial court’s refusal to suppress evidence obtained by a warrantless search, the legality of the identification…