Childers v. Commonwealth

WILLIAMS, Judge.

Appellant Paul Childers was convicted in the Johnson Circuit Court of possessing alcoholic beverages for the purpose of sale in local option territory. The punishment imposed was one year in the State penitentiary.

Evidence obtained as a result of a search was introduced at the trial. The pertinent portion of the affidavit upon which a search warrant was based is as follows:

“The affiant, C. A. Flanery, whose post office address is Martin, Floyd County, State of Kentucky, states that he is a state ABC agent and that he has reasonable grounds to believe, and does believe, that…