Legal Opinion
Williams v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided March 16, 1962PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALMORE, Judge.
The appellant was convicted of unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquor in local option territory. The incriminating evidence was obtained by virtue of a search warrant. The affidavit supporting the warrant was based on information given to the affiant by another. It stated that the named informant told affiant that appellant “has in his possession at this time beer and whiskey in said dwelling home for the purpose of sale.”
Even before the decision in Henson v. Com., Ky.1961, 347 S.W.2d 546, which declared the same rule applicable to affidavits based on the affiant’s personal…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Abraham v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1924
- Henson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1961
- Duncan v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1944
- Vanhook v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
- Barton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Samuel Rosencranz v. United States of America, Anthony Dipietro v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1966
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
- Gossett v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
- Johnson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
- Bruce v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1967
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