Legal Opinion

Webb v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided November 25, 1938PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKinney

delivered tbe opinion of the Court.

Plaintiff in error was convicted for possessing intoxicating liqnor. Tbe jury assessed a fine of $100', to which tbe trial court added a jail sentence of sixty days.

Several officers, armed with a warrant, searched tbe home of plaintiff in error and found 83% gallons of moonshine liquor concealed underneath a loose plank of tbe floor. Tbe plaintiff in error neither testified nor introduced any testimony in this own behalf, but relies solely and alone upon tbe invalidity of tbe search warrant.

Tbe validity of tbe affidavit, upon which tbe search warrant was…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Moore v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
  2. State v. BassTennessee Supreme Court · 1925
  3. McSherry v. HeimerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  4. O'Brien v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1929
  5. Olson v. HaggertyWashington Supreme Court · 1912

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. MeeksCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
  2. Ezell v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1967
  3. State Ex Rel. Carroll v. HendersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
  4. Feagins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1979
  5. Perez v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1971

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