State v. Smelser

HENRIOD, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment and verdict of guilt in a grand larceny case. Affirmed.

On 27 January, 1969, a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, was burglarized. On 19 February, 1969, a Salt Lake County deputy sheriff obtained a search warrant from a District Judge, after presenting an affidavit listing property taken in the burglary. The warrant was directed to defendant’s home, was served on him there, where a search was m'ade resulting in discovery and seizure of property taken from the pharmacy. Among other things the affidavit, to show probable cause, 1 said that the deputy had reason to…