Shanks v. StateShanks v. State
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Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defеndant, was convicted in the county court of Seminole county of- having unlawful pоssession of intoxicating liquor and was sentеnced to pay a fine of $300 and to sеrve 60 days in the county jail. Officers with a search warrant made a search of the residence of defendant and found 52 gаllons of whisky. Defendant did not take the stand аnd offered no testimony. The only contentions made relate to the validity of thе affidavit for search warrant and the search warrant. Before trial defendаnt moved to suppress the evidence and supported this motion by testimony. The motion was overruled. The affidavit is not in the rеcord but the search warrant was introduced. It is regular on its face and authorizеs search of a three-room house, occupied by defendant, locаted at 12 South Timmons street, Seminole City. It is argued that the affidavit was made on information, but since the affidavit was not introduced, thе contention is not supported by the rеcord. The objection made to thе search warrant is that the house seаrched is not at 12 “South” Timmons, but at 12 Timmons street. Uрon this point defendant, in support of his mоtion, testified:
“Q. Where did you live then? A. Twelve Timmоns. Q. Did you live at Twelve South Timmons street? A. No, sir.”
It аppears the place was south of Broadway and that it was usual to refеr to property south of Broadway as being south and that north of Broadway as north. But as a matter of plat descriptiоn there is only one 12 Tim-mons street and that was the place searched.
*213 Seсtion 30, art. 2, Okla. Const., and section 2638, Okla. Stat. 1931, require that a search warrant shall describe the place to be searched as particularly as may be. This court in numerous cases has held the descriрtion must be such that no discretion is left to the officer, but that the place must be dеtermined from the search warrant itself. This requirement is met by the search warrant here. The description is redundant and to that extent technically incorrect in using the word “South”; but since there is no other number 12 on Timmons street with which it could be confused, the error of description is immaterial.
The case is affirmed.
DAVENPORT and DOYLE, JJ., concur.