STATE v. EASTERWOOD

No. 6850.

362 P.2d 997 (1961)

68 N.M. 464

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Earle EASTERWOOD, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 27, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Smith & Tharp, Clovis, for appellant.

Hilton A. Dickson, Jr., Atty. Gen., F. Harlan Flint and Hilario Rubio, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.


NOBLE, Justice.

The defendant was tried before the court without a jury and convicted of possessing alcoholic liquor for the purpose of sale without a license in violation of § 46-10-1, N.M.S.A. 1953 Comp. From the judgment and sentence the defendant appeals.

At 3 o'clock a.m. on March 17, 1960, the sheriff of Roosevelt County, accompanied by six men, went to the home of the defendant in Portales and searched his home under authority of a search warrant...

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