Legal Opinion

Baxter v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 17, 1977No. CR77-135PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Appellants were found guilty of possession of controlled substances with intent to sell. They seek reversal only on matters pertaining to the denial of their motion to suppress certain evidence seized in a search of their house pursuant to a search warrant. Their principal arguments relate to the reliability of an informant. We find that the affidavit on which the search warrant was issued sufficient to establish the reliability of the informant.

At the hearing on the motion to suppress, the state was permitted to introduce testimony to supply alleged deficiencies in…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. United States v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Torres v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  2. Herrington v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
  3. Owens v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
  4. Vidos v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2006
  5. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977

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