Bishop v. State

Margaret Bishop was convicted of the illegal possession of cocaine, sentenced to ten years' imprisonment and placed on probation. On this appeal from that conviction, she contends that the search of her residence was illegal because the affidavit for the search warrant did not satisfy the requirement of probable cause.

The search warrant was obtained by Mobile County Deputy Sheriff James Long on the afternoon of March 11, 1986, from a district court judge in Mobile. The search warrant was issued solely upon the information contained in the affidavit. That affidavit states:

"A reliable…