Apodaca v. Miller

OPINION

MOISE, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of defendant entered on a jury verdict denying recovery for compensatory and punitive damages allegedly suffered by reason of claimed conduct of defendant in wrongfully and without probable cause procuring the issuance of a search warrant for plaintiff’s premises and the ensuing search thereof.

Briefly, the facts establish that defendant was a plumbing and heating contractor with little education and no experience in legal matters. He had suffered several thefts from his business and, when he received an anonymous telephone call…