State v. Porter

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

This case chronicles another episode in the eventful life of Lee T. Porter, also, and perhaps better known to certain residents of Topeka, as Barney Porter.

On April 3, 1967, a search warrant was issued to search Mr. Porter’s residence for a pistol, and a bevy of five police officers proceeded to descend upon Porter’s premises to execute the mandate of the warrant.

As Mr. Porter greeted the officers upon their arrival, one of the policemen, Captain Ray Pope of the Topeka Police Department, told Porter that he wanted, or had a search warrant…