Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1924

Smith v. Commonwealth

Smith v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky · Decided April 16, 1924 · McCandless
202 Ky. 658; 261 S.W. 19; 1924 Ky. LEXIS 784

Smith v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Reversing.

Appellant was convicted of an offense under the Rash-Guliion Act. The only culpable evidence was procured under and by virtue of a search warrant. The appellant insists and the learned attorney general admits that this warrant was invalid.

Upon examination of the warrant we. have readied the same conclusion, and it follows that a peremptory instruction should have been given.

Wherefore judgment is reversed and cause remanded for proceedings consistent-with tfiis opinion.

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