State v. Rainey

The defendant places chief stress on a group, of exceptions which challenge the competency of vital evidence offered by the State on the ground that it was obtained under an illegal search warrant. The search warrant was issued under substantially these circumstances: A peace officer appeared before the Deputy Clerk of the Greensboro-Municipal County Court and informed her, without being sworn, that he had reason to believe the defendant, who lived at 404 East Street in the City of Greensboro, had intoxicating, liquor in her possession for the purpose of sale. The Deputy Clerk then prepared…