State v. Rhoads

Hill, J.:

Jeremy L. Rhoads appeals his convictions and sentence for burglary of a motor vehicle, criminal damage to property, and theft.

While on routine patrol, Topeka Police Officer Lance Feyh entered the parking lot behind the Cedar Ridge apartment complex shortly after midnight on May 29,1993. Feyh noticed a figure of a man crouched down next to a vehicle parked in the lot. The man started walking away from the parked car as the officer approached. Officer Feyh became suspicious when a bystander told him the man was running away.

Feyh, first on foot and then in his patrol car, tried to keep…