Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1927PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ms. Justice Swiggakt

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff in error, Bill Johnson, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Bradley County for unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquor, and has appealed to this court.

The principal question made by the assignments of error is that the trial judge erred in admitting in evidence testimony with regard to a search of the home of the plaintiff in error and the finding of whisky by the parties making the search, without requiring the State to offer in evidence the search warrant under which the search was made.

The facts are that Homer Allen,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hughes v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1921
  2. Strunk v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1926

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State of Oregon v. OlsenOregon Supreme Court · 1957
  2. State v. McMilliamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
  3. Kaufman v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1949

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