Norris v. State

OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

The decisive issue before us is the validity of the search warrant used to seize films and business records. The appellants argue that the search warrant was fatal in two respects:(1) That it was a “general warrant,” and(2) The magistrate did not have sufficient facts before him to issue the warrant.

The appellants allegedly owned the “23rd Street Cinema X Theatre.” The theatre was in the business of showing sexually explicit films to the public. On May 21, 1979, Officer Milan entered Cinema X and viewed the movie “French School Girls” along with four other films. He…