Legal Opinion

Lewis v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 2, 1944PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Chambliss

delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.

Appealing from a conviction of possessing liquor illegally, with a fine of $100 and jail sentence of thirty days, defendant below assigns errors challenging the validity of the warrant under which the search was made and, therefore, the right of the raiding officer to testify.

Highway patrol officers entered a road house known as the Ritz on the highway a short distance out of Clinton and found a number of bottles of whisky and glassware used in mixing and distributing drinks. Defendant Lewis told the officers that he was “the manager’'’ of the place, as his…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McCanless, Com'r v. EvansTennessee Supreme Court · 1941

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Clarke v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
  2. Carroll v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1949
  3. Pueblo v. LópezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1954
  4. People v. LópezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1954

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