STATE v. FAIR

No. 9244.

10 Utah 2d 365 (1960)

353 P.2d 615

STATE OF UTAH, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. TOMMY OTIS FAIR, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 1, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter L. Budge, Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, Vernon B. Romney, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.


CALLISTER, Justice.

Defendant appeals from his conviction of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug,2 contending that certain evidence was erroneously admitted because illegally obtained.

Two Salt Lake City police officers, acting upon information received from an informer, accosted the defendant in a local cafe, took him outside and searched him. They found two marijuana cigarettes in one of his pockets and placed him under arrest...

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