Deputy County Sheriff arrived with his tracking dog. The dog searched the crates and discovered the defendant hiding in one of the shipping containers. Five to ten feet from where the defendant was discovered a tire iron was found on top of a crate.
Another Great Falls officer was dispatched to the scene for followup investigation, documentary photographing and analysis of evidence. While fingerprints and footprints were found at the scene of the crime, none were positively matched to the defendant.
At trial two witnesses testified for the defense: the defendant and Brook Trainor, the defendant's girlfriend. Both defense witnesses agreed that the evening of May 22, 1982 started at the Gaslight Bar where the defendant and Brooke met friends including David Lapier, the first suspect arrested at the sceneof the crime. Subsequently, the defendant and Trainor, along *1258 with David Lapier, attended an after-hours party in the home of another friend. Gladue and Trainor began to argue and then left the party bound for a Circle K store to purchase cigarettes. As a result of their continuing argument Gladue and Trainor parted company; consequently, Trainor's testimony does not corroborate the defendant's explanation of his activities prior to being found in the moving crates. While waiting outside the store for Gladue, Trainor started talking with another man and ultimately left the Circle K with him in his car. The defendant claims he followed Trainor and her new companion on his motorcycle. He stated that he parked outside an apartment building he suspected they entered and waited. Gladue