Court Opinion

ID: 9654767
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 18:50:23.656221+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:13:13.289711
License: Public Domain

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice, concurring. I agree that this case should be reversed because of the erroneous instruction relating to an alibi, but I do not agree with the majority that the affidavit of Officer Brooks was defective in that it did not set forth sufficient facts to enable the magistrate to independently determine that there was probable cause for the issuance of the search warrant. The affidavit and surrounding circumstances are set forth in the majority opinion, and I see no point in commenting further. To me, the grounds set forth in the affidavit were ample to justify the magistrate in issuing the warrant, and I therefore respectfully dissent.