Lawrence v. Mullins

Mr. Special Justice C. Howard Bozeman

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case comes to this Court by grant of Writ of Cer-tiorari from the Court of Appeals, Western Section. The Court of Appeals, Western Section, in a split decision affirmed the action of the Trial Court in ordering $4,-171.00 in custody of the Clerk of the Court returned to the Respondent from whom it had been originally taken through unlawful and illegal search and seizure under an invalid search warrant. Prom the record we conclude that the question of ownership — rightful owner of the money —was not determined by the…