Terry v. State

252 Miss. 479 (1965)

173 So.2d 889

TERRY

v.

STATE

No. 43346.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 19, 1965.

Robert B. Smith, Ripley, for appellant.

G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, J.

Jessie Terry, appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lee County of the possession of intoxicating liquor, second offense, fined $500 and sentenced to six months in the county jail. Miss. Code Ann. § 2613 (b) (1956). The question is whether the search and seizure of the liquor in appellant's automobile was valid. This includes the issues of whether there was probable cause…