State v. Pirtle

¶ 1. Calvin Jerome Pirtle appeals the judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of first-degree intentional homicide, see Wis. Stat. § 940.01(1)(a), and the order denying his motion for postconviction relief. Pirtle argues that: (1) the initial warrantless search of the house where he lived with his girlfriend was unconstitutional and the trial court should have suppressed the evidence; (2) the trial court should have let him fire his lawyer on the first day of trial; (3) the trial court should not have allowed him to voluntarily leave the courtroom for the first part of the trial; (4)…