Shinsky v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The appellant was sentenced to four years imprisonment upon a jury verdiet finding him guilty of illegal possession of narcotic drugs; namely, marijuana and LSD. The drugs were discovered by police officers while they were searching a trailer occupied by Shinsky. The principal argument for reversal is that the magistrate who issued the search warrant did not have sufficient proof before him to justify the issuance of the warrant.

The rules of law that were controlling when this search warrant was issued are well settled. A search warrant might then be issued on the…