Dobbins v. State

The defendants below, Wesley Dobbins, Charles W. Day, and Lowe C. Ward, were convicted for transporting more than three gallons of unstamped whisky and *61sentenced to serve a period of two years in State Prison. The defendants Dobbins and Day were also convicted for tbe improper nse of an automobile license and fined $10 each.

It is contended by tbe defendants that tbe search in question was illegal and therefore violated their constitutional rights.

It appears from the evidence that Mr. Walker, an Investigator for the State Alcohol Tax Division, Department of Finance and Taxation, sat in a State…