Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 12, 1945No. 35897PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Copiah County under an indictment charging possession of the integral parts of a distillery. Section 2632, Code 1942.

The evidence was procured by the authority of a search warrant issued by a justice of the peace, and the attack on The judgment of the trial court is largely predicated upon objections to the validity of the search warrant, and admissions of the evidence obtained thereby. The first objection is that the handwriting in the affidavit and the search warrant is illegible so that…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Giles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1922
  2. Tucker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1922
  3. Turner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1923
  4. Bradley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1923
  5. Miller v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1922

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Pool v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Hamilton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Cole v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1970

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