State v. Williams
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
WALDEN, Judge.
The basic question presented is whether or not contraband (narcotics) seized pursuant to a search warrant issued by a municipal court may be properly used in evidence in a prosecution of a crime in the state court.
As a backdrop, the defendant was charged with a narcotics violation, the offense being identically proscribed by municipal and state law.1 At defendant’s state court trial *332the evidence seized pursuant to the municipal search warrant was suppressed. The state appeals.2 We reverse.
The trial court decision was based on the fact that the search warrant in question was…
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- See v. City of SeattleSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Thelsen v. McDavidSupreme Court of Florida · 1894
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Wallace v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2003
- Stipp v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
- Gee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- Franklin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973
- Heinlein v. Metropolitan Dade CountyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970
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