Rogers v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

John Paul Rogers was convicted for the unlawful possession of marijuana and sentenced to thirteen months’ imprisonment. That sentence was suspended and Rogers was placed on two years’ probation. We reverse that conviction because of an illegal search.

I

Rogers argues that his motor home was illegally searched and that the evidence found therein should have been suppressed. We agree.

On August 6, 1986, Dale County Deputy Sheriff Butch Jones and other law enforcement officers executed a search warrant on the residence of Ronald DeFrancisco. The search warrant described the…