Holland v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of McCurtain county of larceny of a domestic animal, and was sentenced to serve a term of 3 years in the state penitentiary.

The principal contention made is that the court admitted incompetent evidence obtained by an illegal search of the residence of defendant. The charge is larceny of a hog, and the testimony is that officers, with a search warrant, discovered the hog meat concealed in the residence of defendant. Prior to the trial, defendant’s counsel filed an unverified motion to suppress evidence,…