McDowell v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was indicted on two counts of armed robbery and one count of attempted armed robbery. He was convicted of the two armed robbery charges but acquitted on the attempt charge. He enumerates four alleged errors on appeal. Held:

1. The trial court did not err by allowing into evidence a gun seized from the appellant’s automobile following a high-speed chase which ended with his arrest. The fact that the appellant was being placed in a patrol car at the time the search was conducted does not preclude a finding that the search was valid incident to his arrest. “It…