Legal Opinion
Merwin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided September 22, 1954No. A-12027PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POWELL, Presiding Judge.
Bill Merwin has appealed from a judgment entered by the County Court of Cimarron County, where a jury was waived, finding him guilty of the crime of unlawfully transporting intoxicating liquor, and fixing his punishment at a fine of $100 and sentencing him to 30 days confinement in the county jail.
The basis for appeal is the proposition that the evidence of the crime was obtained by an unlawful search and seizure.
The record discloses that prior to the case being called for trial counsel filed a a motion to suppress the evidence on the grounds “that same was obtained by…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Brinegar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1953
- Hoppes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1940
- Matthews v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1939
- Nott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1940
- Griffin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1949
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1956
- Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1956
- Pauley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1954
- Gomez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2007
- Gomez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2007
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