Case Name: STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Tommy Otis FAIR, Defendant and Appellant
Court: Utah Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Utah
Decision Date: 1960-07-01
Citations: 10 Utah 2d 365
Docket Number: No. 9244
Parties: STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Tommy Otis FAIR, Defendant and Appellant.
Judges: WADE and HENRIOD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Utah Reports, Second Series
Volume: 10
Pages: 365–366

Head Matter:
353 P.2d 615
STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Tommy Otis FAIR, Defendant and Appellant.
No. 9244.
Supreme Court of Utah.
July 1, 1960.
Walter L. Budge, Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, Vernon B. Romney, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Opinion:
CALLISTER, Justice.
Defendant appeals from his conviction of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, contending that certain evidence was erroneously admitted because illegally obtained.
Two Salt Lake City police officers, acting upon information received from an informer, accosted the defendant in a local cafe, took him outside and searched him. They found two marijuana cigarettes in one of his pockets and placed him under arrest.
It is not necessary to determine whether or not the search was legal, because this court has previously held that evidence, even though illegally obtained, is admissible.
Affirmed.
WADE and HENRIOD, JJ., concur.
. 58-13a22, U.C.A.1953.
. State v. Aime, 62 Utah 476, 220 P. 704, 32 A.L.R. 375.