STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 2063.

227 So.2d 331 (1969)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Stuart WILLIAMS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Fourth District.

Opinion Clarification October 31, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles W. Musgrove, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

William B. Seidel, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


WALDEN, Judge.

The basic question presented is whether or not contraband (narcotics) seized pursuant to a search warrant issued by a municipal court may be properly used in evidence in a prosecution of a crime in the state court.

As a backdrop, the defendant was charged with a narcotics violation, the offense being identically proscribed by municipal and state law.1 At defendant's state court trial

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