Court Opinion

ID: 5058520
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-10-01 08:56:44.495536+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:19:19.312363
License: Public Domain

OPINION
This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of marihuana. Punishment is imprisonment for four years.
We affirm.
Appellant William Shehane's sole ground of error attacks the sufficiency of the search warrant affidavit to show probable cause as to the location of the contraband. He complains that the use of the preposition "at" in the phrase "Bill Shehane is residing at 3432 Hardeman Street . . ." and the preposition "to" in the phrase "informant had been to 3432 Hardeman Street . . ." is not specific enough to place the contraband inside the residence at that address. His argument is that the contraband could be on the front porch or out in the yard.
Taking the affidavit as a whole and viewing the words used in the light of local colloquial usage, there is no reasonable doubt that the affidavit places the contraband inside the residence. One would not say that "Bill Shehane is residingin 3432 *Page 907 
Hardeman Street . . ." Shehane's ground of error is overruled.
The judgment is affirmed.