Franklin v. State

WALDEN, Judge.

Defendant was found guilty of a narcotics violation and duly adjudged and sentenced in one of the circuit courts of this state. The contraband upon which the conviction hinged was produced per search warrant of a private dwelling issued by a municipal court.

*33The gravamen of appellant’s suggestion is that the municipality could not issue such warrant for that the charter of the municipality authorizing warrants “to obtain evidence and facts of the violation of any laws or ordinances of the city” was unconstitutional. Without detailing, the municipality had the usual catch-all…