State v. Williams

HAYS, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Oscar Charles Williams, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, appeals from a conviction in the trial court of first degree rape.

Defendant first contends that the search warrant obtained by the police for the purpose of searching Williams’s home for articles of clothing tending to prove the identity of the assailant was fatally defective in two respects: the issuing magistrate failed to sign the warrant, and certain factual allegations made in the warrant were later found to be false. The first issue was disposed of by this court in Yuma County Attorney…