Wheeler v. State

Summary

The court declined to decide whether the warrantless search violated Wheeler's privacy rights because any error in admitting the seized evidence was harmless in light of Wheeler's trial admission that he shot both victims. The court also held that the trial court could not merge Counts 5 and 8 into other counts while imposing sentences on those same counts, but the record did not establish whether merger was otherwise proper. The convictions were affirmed in part, the merger and sentences on Counts 5 and 8 were vacated, and the case was remanded.