State v. Seiler

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Appealing his conviction of first-degree murder, defendant LeRoy Seiler assigns two errors: (1) the issuance of a search warrant without probable cause and (2) error in the jury instructions defining the underlying felony of burglary for purposes of the felony-murder rule. We affirm the district court judgment.

March 6, 1982, the body of Wilmer Gilíes was found on the floor of the billiard parlor and tavern that he owned and operated with his wife. His thumb had been severed by a sharp, heavy object and he had received numerous head injuries, two of which were massive…