Anthony v. State

Appellant John Preston Anthony, Jr. was convicted of the offense of rape in the first degree and sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment, from which he prosecutes this appeal.

I

Appellant first contends that no probable cause existed for the issuance of a search warrant of his residence, so that the court erred in receiving into evidence photographs of items in the defendant's residence.

A police officer gave an affidavit in support of the search warrant which was based on the statements made by an alleged previous victim of the appellant. Some of the information provided to the police officer,…