Reece v. State

273 S.W.2d 475 (1954)

Bill REECE

v.

STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 16, 1954.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 1954.

Thomas E. Mitchell, Johnson City, H. Dennis Erwin, Erwin, for plaintiff.

Nat Tipton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

SWEPSTON, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor with the punishment fixed at a fine of $100 and 60 days in jail from which he has appealed.

The two questions on appeal are, first, whether the search of the jeep automobile in which 119 bottles of whisky were found was lawful, and second, whether or not the…