Moss v. State

B.T. Moss was convicted for the capital murder of Betty Jean Bailey and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Four issues are raised on this appeal from that conviction.

I

Moss contends that there was no probable cause to support the search warrant obtained to search his residence. We disagree.

On the same day the crime was committed, Montgomery Police Officers J.A. Hamner and K.G. Ingle obtained a search warrant from a municipal court judge. In their affidavit, they stated the following facts. Sometime after 4:00 on the morning of July 13, 1985, the police learned…