State v. Lambert

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

This appeal was brought by the State on a question reserved for the purpose of determining whether the trial court erred by suppressing evidence seized during the execution of a search warrant on private premises. The evidence was taken from the purse of an individual neither named nor described in the warrant.

Police officers, armed with a search warrant authorizing the search of an apartment and its occupant, known as Randy, for a white powder that was believed to be cocaine, entered the apartment where they discovered three women. One of…