Legal Opinion

Shay v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 9, 1954PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TERRELL, Justice.

Milton Shay was informed against, tried and convicted for. violating the narcotics law. Sections 398.21 and 398.22, Florida Statutes 1949, F.S.A. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $1500 or in default thereof to he confined in the State Penitentiary at hard labor for a period of eighteen months. We are confronted with an appeal from that judgment

Two questions are presented for deter-minátion. (1) Was the search of Shay’s automobile legal ? (2) Was • the evidence sufficient to sustain the verdict and judgment?

In answer to the first question' it is sufficient to say that Shay…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Judd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Range v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
  2. Rinehart v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
  3. Bretti v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966
  4. Rinehart v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1960
  5. Blanford v. NourseDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960

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