Burleson v State

Burleson v State
1930 OK CR 246
288 P. 989
47 Okl.Cr. 412
Decided: 05/31/1930
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Searches and Seizures Description of Premises in Affidavit for Warrant Held Insufficient.

Appeal from County Court, McIntosh County; Horace B. Reubelt, Judge.

Monroe Burleson was convicted of violating the prohibitory liquor law, and he appeals. Reversed.

Roy White, for plaintiff in error.

The Attorney General, for the State.

PER CURIAM. Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of McIntosh

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county on a charge of having unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed by the jury at a fine of $100 and confinement in the county jail for a period of 30 days.

The officer, before searching defendant's premises, filed an affidavit for a search warrant describing the premises of the defendant as set forth in the syllabus of this case. The description in the search warrant was the same as that in the affidavit.

Section 30, article 2, of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of Oklahoma, provides:

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches or seizures shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation, describing as particularly as may be the place to be searched and the person or thing to be seized."