Rainwater v. State

On this appeal by the defendants following conviction for violation of the statute prohibiting a lottery (§ 849.09, Fla.Stat.,. F.S.A.) three points are presented.

First, it is contended that evidence-obtained by federal officers under a search, warrant, on the basis of which prosecution' under federal law was instituted but later abandoned, was inadmissible in the state prosecution and that its use there violated' their constitutional rights. We rejected', that contention, with reference to such evidence, when it was raised in the recent case of Christian v. State, Fla.App.1965, 176 So. 2d…