Gautreaux v. State

Gautreaux challenges his convictions on the following grounds: (1) The physical evidence admitted at the trial was obtained by an illegal search of an automobile, and (2) the evidence is insufficient to support a finding of guilty.

The basic facts are not in dispute. Early in the morning of October 30, 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Garcia, owners of Art & Joyce’s Tavern in Kenosha, were awakened in their two-story apartment by sounds in their tavern below. Mr. Garcia saw six people running from the back door of the tavern — two entered a car parked across the street and the others disappeared on…