Pellatz v. State

URBIGKIT, Justice.

This is a purloined-backhoe case. Appellant, Robert Dean Pellatz (Pellatz) was convicted in a jury trial of larceny theft, and brings the appeal from the claimed unconstitutional intrusion without a search warrant, wherein the law enforcement officer determined ownership of the missing equipment by directing a mechanic to climb upon a lowboy semi truck trailer parked in a public parking lot, to locate identification information. The case comes to this court on appeal on the inquiry as to whether the activity of the law enforcement officer was constitutionally impermissible…