Case Name: Phillip LIMON, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1969-04-09
Citations: 453 P.2d 263
Docket Number: No. A-15058
Parties: Phillip LIMON, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 453
Pages: 263–264

Head Matter:
Phillip LIMON, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.
No. A-15058.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.
April 9, 1969.
Mac Oyler, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.
G. T. Blankenship, Atty. Gen., W. Howard O’Bryan, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

Opinion:
BUSSEY, Judge.
Phillip Limón, defendant below, tried and convicted by a jury in Oklahoma County for the crime of Possession of Marijuana, and the sentencing was left to the court; said court sentencing the defendant to three years imprisonment in the state penitentiary, and he appeals.
The conviction in the trial court was based on the introduction of marijuana found by officers who entered the premises under authority of a search warrant issued by a magistrate, based upon an affidavit which fails to meet the standard set forth in Spinelli v. United States, 393 U.S. 410, 89 S.Ct. 584, 21 L.Ed.2d 637, delivered by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 1969, which we have discussed in Leonard v. State, Okl.Cr., 453 P.2d 257, handed down this date.
In accordance with Spinelli v. United States, supra, we must reverse and remand this case, and since the evidence was seized under authority of a search warrant based upon an affidavit not in compliance with Spinelli, supra, the trial court is instructed to dismiss this cause. Reversed and remanded with instructions to dismiss.
BRETT, Presiding Judge.
See Special Concurring opinion in Leonard v. State, delivered this date.