officers relied upon the occupancy averment to select the correct house. The court held that if the warrant had contained a street number alone, the search would have been invalidated. The officers were, however, entitled to rely upon the descriptive portions of the warrant as a whole. The specificity as to the occupant of the intended search site was sufficient to properly focus the warrant and preserve the search.
In the present case, the continued occupancy of the intended search site by Appellant Olivas was confirmed prior to application for the warrant. As noted above, we may presume from the record that this occupancy was specified in the affidavit and the warrant. Defendant's Exhibit No. Three, which so graphically demonstrates the street number discrepancy, is a photograph of Appellant'sonly to the warrant; 7309 matched in all other respects. The court upheld the search, stating that the officers were entitled to rely upon the warrant as a whole, including physical description and allegations of occupancy and control.
In McCormick, the warrant authorized a search of "the Cotton Club on Slaton Highway No. 84, in Lubbock." The record disclosed that there was only one Cotton Club in Lubbock. More significant, in terms of the present case, is the discussion of the warrant's street description. At the time of the search, the actual address was "Southwest Drive, Alternate 84." The affidavit and warrant were based on an earlier street description for the same location as "Highway 84 to Slaton." While not technically accurate at the time of the search, the