Henson v. State

Norman Henson, convicted of possession and control of narcotics, contends in his appeal (a) that no probable cause existed for the issuance of the search warrant used to procure incriminating evidence; (b) that the police officers who executed the search warrant broke open the door of the house being searched without first announcing who' they were and making demand that entry be granted, and that this was illegal and vitiated all that followed; and (c) that there was no probable cause to arrest him.

The affidavit in support of the issuance of the search warrant recited that complaint had been…