Legal Opinion

Miller v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 12, 1937No. 19001Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

— Conviction is for possessing for the purpose of sale in dry area intoxicating liquor, punishment assessed being a fine of $125.00.

All incriminating testimony came from two officers who secured the evidence under a search warrant by virtue of which they acted. When each of them was profferred as a witness appellant’s attorney objected to the admission of their testimony on the ground that no law was in force authorizing a search warrant to issue. The objection was overruled. It should have been sustained and the evidence excluded. Greenway v. State, 101 S. W. (2d) 569; Slack…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Greenway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937
  2. Slack v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937

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