Legal Opinion

McGaha v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 19, 1936No. 32423Published

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the unlawful possession of intoxicating .liquor.

The evidence of the possession of the liquor was obtained by the sheriff’s search of an automobile which the appellant was then driving. The search was made under a warrant therefor which described the place to be searched as the “Chevrolet coach car occupied by Robert McGaha, ’ ’ in the first district of Prentiss county, Miss. The automobile searched was not a coach, which has two doors, but was a four-door sedan. The question for decision is whether the warrant authorized the search made

The appellee’s…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Holston v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1931

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