Johnson v. State

HOBSON, Judge.

Appellants challenge the judgments below finding them guilty of felony possession of marijuana and felony possession of narcotics paraphernalia. Specifically, they assert the contraband was seized pursuant to an invalid search warrant. We agree.

On July 10, 1974, Deputy Roy Little of the Manatee County Sheriffs Office received a telephone call from one Jim Jones of the Toledo, Ohio Police Department. Jones informed Little that he had in custody one John Rodgers for possession of marijuana. The caller then related to Little that Rodgers had told him (Jones) that there was a…