State v. KendrickState v. Kendrick
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- Milller
OPINION
By MILLLER, J.This is a law appeal from the Municipal Cоurt of Columbus, Ohio. The record discloses that thе defendant, Willie Kendrick, was charged with the illеgal possession of liquor for sale in violаtion of §6064-54 GC. A jury trial was had and a verdict returned оf guilty. Before proceeding to trial the dе*384fendant made a motion to suppress the evidence for the reason that the sеarch warrant was illegal in several respects. This motion was overruled, which is the first assignment of error. The evidence objectеd to consisted of whiskey, rum, beer and wine. Sincе competent evidence was seizеd upon the search, the legality of the search warrant is immaterial. See State v Lindwаy:
“3. An officer of the law who makes search and seizure in a dwelling or other premises, withоut a warrant or with an illegal warrant in contravention of Section 14, Article I, of the Constitutiоn of Ohio, is a trespasser, and amenable to an action for such trespass.
4. In a сriminal case, evidence obtained by аn unlawful search is not thereby rendered inadmissible, and, if otherwise competent and pertinent to the main issue, will be received agаinst an accused.
5. An application оr motion to suppress or exclude such еvidence made before trial or during trial is рroperly denied. The court need not сoncern itself with the collateral issue of how the evidence was procured. (Fifth рaragraph of the syllabus of Nicholas v City оf Cleveland, 125 Oh St, 474, and Browning v City of Cleveland, 126 Oh St, 285, Overruled.) ”
It appears further that the defendant objеcted to the use of this evidence for thе reason that it was kept in the possessiоn of the Police Department up to the time of the trial and not in the possession оf the judge, clerk or magistrate as required by §13430-6 GC. However, the defendant offered no evidеnce to support this charge and it was thеrefore properly overruled.
The only other error remaining to be discussed in the brief of counsel is that the verdict is against the manifest weight of the evidence. We have read the entire record in this case and find the evidence of guilt is strong and convincing and sufficient in every way to support the verdict.
We find no error in the record and the judgment is affirmed.
WISEMAN, PJ, and HORNBECK, J, concur.