Whittington v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

On appeal from his convictions on two counts of theft by receiving stolen property, the defendant contends that the court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained during the search of a dwelling house rented in his name.

Officer B. J. Clenny testified that he obtained a warrant to search the house based on information provided by a confidential informant to the effect that the defendant had been seen carrying marijuana there within the past three days. Officer Clenny stated that as he was searching the attic during the execution of the warrant, he found a…