Opinion

Cothran v. State

  • 143 Tex. Crim. 570
  • 159 S.W.2d 876
  • 1942 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 162
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed
Jan 21, 1942
Status
Published
Author
Davidson
On the bench
Davidson, Beauchamp
Cited by
3 cases
Authority
More cited than 91.9%

The opinion

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The unlawful possession of whiskey for the purpose of sale in a dry area is the offense; the punishment, a fine of $150.00.

It was agreed that San Saba County was a dry area within the meaning of the Texas Liquor Control Act. (Art. 666-23, Vernon’s Annotated Penal Code).

Under authority of a search warrant, the Sheriff of San Saba County, accompanied by an inspector of the Texas Liquor Control Board, made a search of appellant’s residence and found therein nine pints of whiskey. Under the prima-facie evidence rule (Art. 666-23a, Vernon’s Annotated Penal Code), the jury was warranted in finding appellant guilty as charged.

Appellant did not testify as a witness in his own behalf, nor did he offer any affirmative defensive testimony. No objection

*572

was made to the testimony of the officers as to the result of the search of the residence.

Appellant’s sole complaint is the trial court’s failure to sustain his motion h> quash the search warrant. The motion was properly overruled. The proper procedure, in this State, for testing the validity of a search warrant is to object to the introduction of the evidence obtained as a result thereof. Foster v. State, 282 S. W. 600 , 104 Tex. Cr. R. 121 ; Raymond v. State, 291 S. W. 251 , 106 Tex. Cr. R. 147 ; Buchanan v. State, 298 S. W. 569 , 107 Tex. Cr. R. 559 ; Miller v. State, 150 S. W. (2d) 1042 ; Harkey v. State, 150 S. W. (2d) 808 .

The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

A word about cookies

We need a few to keep you signed in and the library working. The rest help us see which pages people use and where they get stuck. They stay off unless you say yes.