Washington v. State

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Convicted as a second offender of possession of intoxicating liquor under Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-31 — 27 (1972), Edward Washington appeals from the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Chickasaw County. He argues the court below erred in overruling his motion to suppress evidence (eleven half-pint bottles of gin and three half-pint bottles of whiskey) seized during a search of his home pursuant to a defective warrant detailing insufficient underlying facts and circumstances to provide a basis for a judicial determination of…