Shuck v. State

The owner of personal property taken in a burglary was called as a witness to testify that he found and identified the stolen property in the apartment of appellant which the witness had entered with police officers after appellant’s arrest and in his absence. This testimony forms a vital link in the chain of evidence necessary to sustain appellant’s conviction. A few preliminary questions elicited the information, later stipulated by appellee, that the apartment was entered without a search warrant. Appellant’s objection to the evidence on the ground that it was obtained by illegal search…