OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Iionorablo Bert lord, Adminl6trator 

Texas Liquor Control Board 

Austin 1, Texas 

Opinion Ho. O-69211 

a was therm in por~emsion ot tha 

two iMp.OtOrlJ entW-*d th8 Z’WIil oarohmd the prealirs8 and round two 

pint8 of liquor’. A copy of tha r8arohwarrant 

was loft on the table.* 

584 
585 

Honmabla Bert Pord - Pnga 8 

The question ralaed In your request ia whe+&8r 

raid f&e ahow auoh faIlur8 of oomplIanoe with t$a 

eeareh and aolauun lane In regard to notior aa to render 

aaId liquor ~atlmiaaIblo on thr trial of drtmdsmt aa 

being l Yidanocr obtaIne6 l.n YIolAtIon 0r law. 

Arti 6bb-20, Vamon~a Annotated Penal Code of 

tb Stnto of Toxaa, War the rubtitle, ‘Soarohea and 

S0iaur~0 = protidor, inter din, that a aenroh wnrrnnt mny 

iaaur M&r Title 6 oi the Ooda of OrtrPinal Proordura for 

the QW ofta of aemrahing for, 

aloohol ft o 

roiaing, and dratroying any 

berernge poasara6d, l o ltlt, r a na pormta o4 nufa o - 

tured, kept, or stored ln riolation of the proYioIons 0r 

thIa Ad; 8earJ wur?mta mu 

T 

be Irauod br say aagietrata 

upon the Mfidarft of a on6 ble pereon, ratting forth the 

name or daaoription of the omnar or pereon la obargo of the 

premises to be aearohad, or stating that hia nam and doaoriptioa are unknown, thr addrosa or deeoription of the 

preaI000, and ahowing that the dasorikd prenlar la a place 

where 80810 apaoittad phase or phaa68 of this aot are YIOlated or are befag violated; If the plao8 to be sOar&?d 

IO a private dwelling oooupiod aa auoh and no part thareof 

10 uaad se a atoro, ahop, hotel, boarding how., or any 

purpose other than a 

&all be mde by two 7 

rlrato tesldanoe auah affidavit 

a) or~dible ~araona~ and, except aa 

herein proridol the applloatlon, lesuanoa, and rxaoutioa 

or any auoh warrant and &ll proaeodlnga rolatiY8 tharoto 

ahall oodorm aa near aa my be to thr pro~ialona of Title 

b of the Coda of Criminal Proeoduror 

~tlolo 919, Title 6 or the Code 0r CrImInal prooadura, prdribea that the offioer shall, upon going to 

tha p2aoa ordered to be l oarehed, or baiorr l aIzIng any 

propsty for whIoh ho IO ordered to anLo arnroh, give 

notioo of hia DW&lOBO to the pereon who ha charge of, 

or ia an inmete of the place, or who ha8 poeaeoaIon of 

the propartq draorikd in the wa.rrnnt. 
Honorable Bert Ford - Page 3 

The Court of CrlnInel Appaala, nffIrmI6g 6 onriotion for aanufaoturIng Intoxioating liquor In &a Y’r 

Stats, 26 S. ii. (Zd) 211, held, Inter alia, as fo&nfar 

mApprllant *a Sirat oontentlon la t&et t&a 

l euoh was Illegal, baoauaa appellant wna not 

notified by the ofrioare t&t thal had 6 aeeroh 

warrant. The efficera had the eearoh wnrraat. 

They marely failed to notify appllent oi uah 

hot, Whaa the offloors eppronahad, appall& 

wna hiding In the brush, and it doaa not appear 

that he wna In the house v&a t!m orfloera cntul d. Ho was later brought In after the ararah had 

already oterted. The railura to girs the notioa 

provided for In Artlola 319, O.C.?., bid not rgnder 

the rearoh Illegal. 

18 S.-U. (2) 657.” 

Juatioa Y. Stnta (2%~. Cr. App.) 

Said Court of GrImInal Appenla, In Juetioa I. State, 

18 8. W. (Xd) 657, an appeal from 6 oonviotion f?+r poaaoaaing intoxionting liquor for purpoaea of sale, In ooaetmIng 

raid Artiola 3l9, O.C.P., aaId the iollowingr 

” An offioer ought to giya notI 0s hI0 

pur&; is discrated by said article, both Car 

his own pmtieotion and In fairness to the party 

whose pramisea are to be oaarotmd. A failure to 

giro 8-h notioe would frequently throw lI&t up9~ end datermiM the 1Ogallty or othorwiso cU the 

eonauot of all parties at thatinr or the 884kroh, 

but this phase oi tb question IO not In the praaent oaso. A failure to give the not100 provided 

In the Artlola guoted mvuld not, in our opinion, 

rander the sonsah Illaga.L, and th#reXom would 

not result in the rajaotIoa of tha evIdenoo obtained as a result thasor,. . .a 

TM two foregoing oaa~a wa r oa ited dth l mr OY*l b 

B&Gee Y, Stata (&la, Appp.), 61 S. a..(2) 7141 and 84Y.r v* 

State (Grim. App.), 79 So 3. (2) 3189‘ 
Honorable Bert Ford - Page 4 

Your Inquiry mentioned the o&so of Qoodapsrd Y. 

Steta, 25 9. W. (24) 856 (Or&n. Appela). This wep’an 

eppaal from 4 oonriotion 0s murder and the Court ox far&mInal Appanla bald, In subatuioa, es apparently nffarting 

this quartion, thnt while ona In poaseaaIon of a lawful 

aurah werrent bar the *Q&t or ult Imnto ant- aad ultiante asarah as againat nfuaal of prdaaion to antor, or 

r0fuael to permit to aaeroh, th8 oourt knaw of no rule of 

14~ or aaoiei0n warah 4uthprima aa otry without notitioation or attempted notme4ti0n to the oeoupnnta, or 

without atd 4aido from thr auk14 r0arliti48 grO0040nt 

to t im antry into the prsmIsaa of another by one wha was 

neither a resident nor oooupent of auoh houaa; tha moor4 

ahoW the offIO8r did Bat knook, -4 did not in anywire 

Indionta that ha had a aeuah warrant 8 ha did not hero it 

in his h0aa, nor 414 ha any ~ything r+gma&s it to ap 

pllantta fife; ha entered l ppollant~a home, oama Into 

the room, with a dr6Wa pistol ,In hia hand, IO regard to 

those findings the Court said further: *#hatever 6 jury 

might t&Ink of this under l ppropritta Inatruetiona we 

rind ouraelvea unable to get awey tron tha oaroluafon 

that thee* faeta gave to l ppallant tha right to hate hIa 

theory of Belt-aafeneo aubnittal to the jll~iy.~ Va do not 

baliev~ the r300aapaaa oma, aupra, to be In point as to 

legality of l ~Idanoa obtained u&or a eras& warrant. 

On tha related quoation of l dmiaaibllity of ovldonoa obtainad out of the proaenoa of defendant, we prasent th 8 oases of Boogin v. Stata (Win. App. ), 273 S. W. 

576, 4 liquor proaroutI on, end Rwlar v, State (Grim. 

App,), 31 9. ti. (8) 450, a theft oaae, wbieh hold, In 

aubstanoe , that the mare Snot t&et the eoouaad was not 

prseant vrbn lnoriminating l ridmoa was diao0rared or 

seen la no ground for it0 l xaluaIon es hearsay l YIdana. 

See 18 Tex. Jur. p. 120. 

Thanfora, It fa the omaiderad opinion of this 

Depsrtmaat that mid Intoxioating liquor diaoo+Orad on 
licmorable Bert Ford - Fana 5 

defendant’s preaisar under a raild searah warrant,,I‘though 

defendant was not present at tine of aearoh and pb one 

was prosent and in oimrgo of said ~remieea to whom notier 

of ssuah oould bQ given, was admtsaible aa legal evidaooe 

on the trial of defendant ior unlawrUl1.y posaroeing intorloat-i= liquor for the purpooe oi Palo. 

Trwiting the foregoing fully answers yeour inquir;y, 

wo are 

Wrgb 

Yours very truly, 

ATTOFtNXY 0ZTiCW.L 08' TEXAS 

&4G!dkt~.L~ 

BYS P 

,kbert L. Latt~inbarb, Jr. 

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