584
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Iionorablo Bert lord, Adminl6trator
Texas Liquor Control Board
Austin 1, Texas
Opinion Ho. O-69211
a was therm in por~emsion ot tha
two iMp.OtOrlJ entW-*d th8 Z’WIi-
loarohmd the prealirs8 and round two
pint8 of liquor’. A copy of tha r8arohwarrant
was loft on the table.*
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Honmabla Bert Pord - Pnga 8
The question ralaed In your request ia whe+&8r
raid f&e ahow auoh faIlur8 of oomplIanoe with t$a
eeareh and aolauun lane In regard to notior aa to render
aaId liquor ~atlmiaaIblo on thr trial of drtmdsmt aa
being lYidanocr obtaIne6 l.n YIolAtIon 0r law.
Arti 6bb-20, Vamon~a Annotated Penal Code of
tb Stnto of Toxaa, War the rubtitle, ‘Soarohea and
S0iaur~0 = protidor, inter din, that a aenroh wnrrnnt mny
iaaur M&r Title 6 oi the Ooda of OrtrPinal Proordura for
the QW ofta of aemrahing for, roiaing, and dratroying any
aloohol fto berernge poasara6d, lo ltl, tr a na p o ma r tonufa
4 o-
tured, kept, or stored ln riolation of the proYioIons 0r
thIa Ad; 8earJ wur?mta mu be Irauod br say aagietrata
upon the Mfidarft of a on6 Tble pereon, ratting forth the
name or daaoription of the omnar or pereon la obargo of the
premises to be aearohad, or stating that hia nam and do-
aoriptioa are unknown, thr addrosa or deeoription of the
preaI000, and ahowing that the dasorikd prenlar la a place
where 80810 apaoittad phase or phaa68 of this aot are YIO-
lated or are befag violated; If the plao8 to be sOar&?d
IO a private dwelling oooupiod aa auoh and no part thareof
10 uaad se a atoro, ahop, hotel, boarding how., or any
purpose other than a rlrato tesldanoe auah affidavit
&all be mde by two 7 a) or~dible ~araona~ and, except aa
herein proridol the applloatlon, lesuanoa, and rxaoutioa
or any auoh warrant and &ll proaeodlnga rolatiY8 tharoto
ahall oodorm aa near aa my be to thr pro~ialona of Title
b of the Coda of Criminal Proeoduror
~tlolo 919, Title 6 or the Code 0r CrImInal pro-
oadura, prdribea that the offioer shall, upon going to
tha p2aoa ordered to be loarehed, or baiorr laIzIng any
propsty for whIoh ho IO ordered to anLo arnroh, give
notioo of hia DW&lOBOto the pereon who ha charge of,
or ia an inmete of the place, or who ha8 poeaeoaIon of
the propartq draorikd in the wa.rrnnt.
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The Court of CrlnInel Appaala, nffIrmI6g 6 on-
riotion for aanufaoturIng Intoxioating liquor In &a Y’r
Stats, 26 S. ii. (Zd) 211, held, Inter alia, as fo&nfar
mApprllant *a Sirat oontentlon la t&et t&a
leuoh was Illegal, baoauaa appellant wna not
notified by the ofrioare t&t thal had 6 aeeroh
warrant. The efficera had the eearoh wnrraat.
They marely failed to notify appllent oi uah
hot, Whaa the offloors eppronahad, appall&
wna hiding In the brush, and it doaa not appear
that he wna In the house v&a t!m orfloera cntu-
ld.Ho was later brought In after the ararah had
already oterted. The railura to girs the notioa
provided for In Artlola 319, O.C.?., bid not rgnder
the rearoh Illegal. Juatioa Y. Stnta (2%~. Cr. App.)
18 S.-U. (2) 657.”
Said Court of GrImInal Appenla, In Juetioa I. State,
18 8. W. (Xd) 657, an appeal from 6 oonviotion f?+r poaaoaa-
ing intoxionting liquor for purpoaea of sale, In ooaetmIng
raid Artiola 3l9, O.C.P., aaId the iollowingr
” An offioer ought to giya notI 0s hI0
pur&; is discrated by
said article, both Car
his own pmtieotion and In fairness to the party
whose pramisea are to be oaarotmd. A failure to
giro 8-h notioe would frequently throw lI&t up-
9~ end datermiM the 1Ogallty or othorwiso cU the
eonauot of all parties at thatinr or the 884kroh,
but this phase oi tb question IO not In the praa-
ent oaso. A failure to give the not100 provided
In the Artlola guoted mvuld not, in our opinion,
rander the sonsah Illaga.L, and th#reXom would
not result in the rajaotIoa of tha evIdenoo ob-
tained as a result thasor,. . .a
TM two foregoing oaa~a wa r oa ited
dthlmr OY*l
b
B&Gee Y, Stata (&la, Appp.),
S. a..(2) 61 7141 and 84Y.r v*
State (Grim. App.), 79 So 3. (2) 3189‘
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Your Inquiry mentioned the o&so of Qoodapsrd Y.
Steta, 25 9. W. (24) 856 (Or&n. Appela). This wep’an
eppaal from 4 oonriotion 0s murder and the Court ox far&m-
Inal Appanla bald, In subatuioa, es apparently nffarting
this quartion, thnt while ona In poaseaaIon of a lawful
aurah werrent bar the *Q&t or ult Imnto ant- aad ulti-
ante asarah as againat nfuaal of prdaaion to antor, or
r0fuael to permit to aaeroh, th8 oourt knaw of no rule of
14~ or aaoiei0n warah 4uthprima aa otry without notiti-
oation or attempted notme4ti0n to the oeoupnnta, or
without atd 4aido from thr auk14 r0arliti48 grO0040nt
to t im antry into the prsmIsaa of another by one wha was
neither a resident nor oooupent of auoh houaa; tha moor4
ahoW the offIO8r did Bat knook, -4 did not in anywire
Indionta that ha had a aeuah warrant 8 ha did not hero it
in his h0aa, nor 414 ha any ~ything r+gma&s it to ap
pllantta fife; ha entered lppollant~a home, oama Into
the room, with a dr6Wa pistol ,In hia hand, IO regard to
those findings the Court said further: *#hatever 6 jury
might t&Ink of this under lppropritta Inatruetiona we
rind ouraelvea unable to get awey tron tha oaroluafon
that thee* faeta gave to lppallant tha right to hate hIa
theory of Belt-aafeneo aubnittal to the jll~iy.~ Va do not
baliev~ the r300aapaaaoma, aupra, to be In point as to
legality of l~Idanoa obtained u&or a eras& warrant.
On tha related quoation of ldmiaaibllity of ovl-
donoa obtainad out of the proaenoa of defendant, we pra-
sent th 8 oases of Boogin v. Stata (Win. App. ), 273 S. W.
576, 4 liquor proaroutI on, end Rwlar v, State (Grim.
App,), 31 9. ti. (8) 450, a theft oaae, wbieh hold, In
aubstanoe , that the mare Snot t&et the eoouaad was not
prseant vrbn lnoriminating lridmoa was diao0rared or
seen la no ground for it0lxaluaIon es hearsay lYIdana.
See 18 Tex. Jur. p. 120.
Thanfora, It fa the omaiderad opinion of this
Depsrtmaat that mid Intoxioating liquor diaoo+Orad on
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defendant’s preaisar under a raild searah warrant,,I‘though
defendant was not present at tine of aearoh and pb one
was prosent and in oimrgo of said ~remieea to whom notier
of ssuah oould bQ given, was admtsaible aa legal evidaooe
on the trial of defendant ior unlawrUl1.y posaroeing intorl-
oat-i= liquor for the purpooe oi Palo.
Trwiting the foregoing fully answers yeour inquir;y,
wo are
Yours very truly,
ATTOFtNXY0ZTiCW.L08'TEXAS
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BYS P
,kbert L. Latt~inbarb, Jr.
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