Pirtle v. State

Appellant, Robert E. Pirtle, was convicted in a trial by jury of First Degree Murder, Ind. Code § 35-13-4-1, being Burns § 10-3401 (1974 Supp.). On appeal, he presents three issues: (1) the admission of evidence found in the search of his apartment and of testimony concerning that evidence; (2) the admission of evidence found in the search of the car he was driving and of testimony concerning that evidence; and (3) the admission of allegedly irrelevant evidence.

Appellant was arrested in the early morning of December 24, 1972, for possession of a stolen car. An officer entered the car to look…