Stamps v. State

OPINION

On appeal from a conviction of possession of narcotics, the assertion is made that the procedure followed by the police which led to the discovery of the incriminating evidence was improper. On the contrary, we deem it to be exemplary and commendable.

Based on information received from several sources, two of which were allegedly reliable in the past, appellant’s residence was placed under surveillance as a suspected center of traffic in heroin. During the period of observation, persons known to be addicts (some with records of narcotic convictions) came and left the premises at…