Kennedy v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 8, 1925

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1925-06-08

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Decided 1925-06-08

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Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently October 1977

23 state decisions

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SEPARATE OPINION. I am of the opinion that the judgment of the court below should be affirmed, but am not prepared to concur in all of the implications of the opinion in chief, one of which seems to be that an officer may enter and search a residence or similar place on information that an article, the possession of which is a crime, is concealed therein, provided only his ultimate object is to seize or destroy the article and to arrest the person in whose possession it may be found.