Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided November 5, 1971PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VANCE, Commissioner.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of unlawful possession of alcoholic beverages and his punishment was fixed at a fine of $20.00 and confinement in jail for a period of thirty days. He has moved this court to grant him an appeal upon several grounds. We find it necessary to discuss only one of those grounds.

A quantity of beer was found during a search of appellant’s automobile and he claims the court erred in failing to suppress evidence obtained as a result of the search which he says was conducted pursuant to an invalid search warrant. Attack is made upon the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. United States v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Goode v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Beemer v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Guthrey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1973
  3. Embry v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1973
  4. Buchenburger v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. EilersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1973

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