State v. Costakos

The defendant was convicted by a jury in the superior court on an indictment charging a violation of the laws against gambling, G. L. 1956, §11-19-18, 1 and thereafter his motion for a new trial was denied. The case is here on several exceptions including one to the denial of his motion made prior to- trial to suppress certain evidence seized by the state police in .the course of their search of an apartment house. Because we sustain the exception to the denial of that motion -we give no consideration to the other exceptions.

The defendant challenges the legality of the search warrant on a…