Brown v. State

91 So.2d 175 (1956)

Trave Lavell BROWN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

December 12, 1956.

Carl C. Durrance, Tampa, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and David U. Tumin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

THORNAL, Justice.

Appellant Brown, who was defendant below, seeks reversal of a judgment of conviction pursuant to a finding of guilt in a liquor law violation case.

The point to be determined is the legality of the search which produced ten 5-gallon jugs of moonshine from the back of appellant's ranch wagon.

Brown was driving a ranch wagon over…