Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 8, 1950No. 37497PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McG-ehee, 0. J.

Upon information furnished to the sheriff and his deputy by a special agent of the railroad company, who was known to them to be a credible person, the said officers went to the passenger station at Grenada to await the arrival of a train on which they had been advised that the defendant, Buster Harris, would arrive with a suitcase of whiskey. The train was due within a few minutes after this information was furnished at the sheriff’s office, and there was not therefore sufficient time left within which to obtain a search warrant for the seizure and search of the suitcase when…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Quan v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Myers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
  3. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1939
  4. Martin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Williamson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1925

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Terry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
  3. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Terry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1965

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