Legal Opinion

Rignall v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 31, 1923No. 23324PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.

The appellant, Joe Rignall, was convicted of unlawfully and feloniously having in his possession a still and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two ana one-half years, and from this conviction and sentence he prosecuted this appeal.

*174The evidence upon which the conviction was based was secured by means of a search of appellant’s home and outhouses, and was introduced over the objection of the appellant, these objections being based upon the invalidity of the warrant under which the search was made.

The justice of the peace who issued the search warrant testified that an affidavit was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Tucker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Owens v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Miller v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1922

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Orick v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Gibbons v. BrandtCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
  3. Joyner v. City of LakelandSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
  4. Matthews v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Barnard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1929

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