State v. Edwards

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

Albert George Edwards, the defendant herein, was convicted of second-degree burglary and larceny. He was sentenced to not less than ten nor more than twenty years under the Habitual Criminal Act, and has appealed.

The issue presented is whether evidence obtained in the search of an automobile was properly admitted at the trial.

The state’s evidence tended to establish the following: On the afternoon of April 2, 196S, the defendant met John Wayne Lowrey and Rob McGuire at a Wichita movie theatre; after the show, the trio repaired to a tavern;…