Legal Opinion

Morris v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided September 12, 1980No. F-78-676PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRETT, Judge:

Theodore E. Morris, Jr., was convicted of Unlawful Possession of Controlled Drug, Cocaine, in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-78-1053. A summary of the facts is unnecessary since the only issue that requires discussion pertains to the issuance of a search warrant.

When officers seek a search warrant based on information from a confidential informant, it is required that they be able to say when the informant obtained his information. Warthen v. State, Okl.Cr., 557 P.2d 466 (1976). As this Court noted in Warthen, facts which would establish…

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Warthen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1976

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United States v. Thao Dinh LeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
  2. State v. LyonsWashington Supreme Court · 2012
  3. Merry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1988
  4. Cardozo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1983
  5. Cardozo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1983

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