Legal Opinion
State v. Brown
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided June 7, 1982PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BYERS, Judge.
The state appeals from the judgment of the trial court suppressing evidence seized pursuant to execution of a search warrant. The trial court held the search warrant did not establish the credibility of the informant.
The judgment is reversed, and the case is remanded to the trial court for a trial on the merits.
The affidavit supporting the search warrant in pertinent part stated:
The affiant states that he is a police officer of the Knox County, Tennessee, and that he has been assigned to investigate crime and enforce the Criminal Statutes of the State of Tennessee; that he…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Woods v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1977
- Keith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1976
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