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Hogan v. Carlton

Supreme Court of Florida, Division B
Oct 26, 1933
150 So. 604 (Fla. 1933)

Opinion

Opinion Filed October 26, 1933.

A writ of error to the Circuit Court for Lee County, G. W. Whitehurst, Judge.

Watt Lawler, for Petitioner;

Cary D. Landis, Attorney General, and Roy Campbell, Assistant, for the State.


This case is before us on certiorari to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Lee County affirming a judgment of the County Court of Lee County wherein the Petitioner was convicted of the offense of unlawfully having in his possession, custody and control alcoholic and intoxicating liquor.

The conviction was based largely, if not entirely, upon evidence procured through the execution of a pretended search warrant.

Timely objection was made to the introduction of the evidence so obtained and also a motion was timely made to suppress such evidence.

Under the holding of this Court in Cooper v. State, 143 So. 217, the affidavit on which the search warrant issued was insufficient and the warrant was therefore void.

The judgment should be quashed and it is so ordered.

Judgment quashed.

DAVIS, C. J., and WHITFIELD, BROWN and BUFORD, J. J., concur.


Summaries of

Hogan v. Carlton

Supreme Court of Florida, Division B
Oct 26, 1933
150 So. 604 (Fla. 1933)
Case details for

Hogan v. Carlton

Case Details

Full title:PETER HOGAN v. C. W. CARLTON, Clerk Circuit Court, et al

Court:Supreme Court of Florida, Division B

Date published: Oct 26, 1933

Citations

150 So. 604 (Fla. 1933)
150 So. 604

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