Rainey v. State

On January 23, 1973, based upon the sworn testimony of an unnamed informant and a Milwaukee police officer, a search warrant was issued for the search of the first floor premises of 1414 W. Vliet street, Milwaukee, for heroin. The business establishment located at that address was known as Tot’s Shoeshining. It was comprised of some pool tables, a juke box and a shoeshine stand located on the first floor of the building.

On the same date, Milwaukee police officers executed the search warrant. The search resulted in the seizure of varying amounts of packaged and unpackaged heroin, cocaine,…