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Morrow v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Mar 12, 1973
196 S.E.2d 901 (Ga. Ct. App. 1973)

Opinion

47756.

SUBMITTED JANUARY 5, 1973.

DECIDED MARCH 12, 1973.

Motion to suppress. Houston Superior Court. Before Judge Hunt.

R. Joneal Lee, for appellant.


This appeal accompanied by the trial judge's requisite review certificate is from the trial court's denial of the accused's pre-trial motion to suppress the evidence, contraband drugs, discovered during a search of defendant's residence. Appellant's contention is that the affidavit and oral sworn testimony given to the magistrate who issued the search warrant failed to satisfy the basic requirement of probable cause in that there was no information from which the magistrate could have determined how or when the informer obtained the information given the affiant.

The factual situation here was similar to that in Grebe v. State, 125 Ga. App. 873 ( 189 S.E.2d 698) which was held insufficient to meet the tests laid down in the Federal cases discussed in Sams v. State, 121 Ga. App. 46, 48 ( 172 S.E.2d 473) and Johnson v. State, 111 Ga. App. 298 ( 141 S.E.2d 574). Accordingly, we must hold the trial court here erred. Similar rulings by this court are Fowler v. State, 121 Ga. App. 22 ( 172 S.E.2d 447); Windsor v. State, 122 Ga. App. 767 ( 178 S.E.2d 751); Gilliam v. State, 124 Ga. App. 843 ( 186 S.E.2d 290); McMiken v. State, 127 Ga. App. 66 ( 192 S.E.2d 716); Latten v. State, 127 Ga. App. 75 ( 192 S.E.2d 562); and Bell v. State, 128 Ga. App. 426.

Judgment reversed. Hall, P. J., and Evans, J., concur.


SUBMITTED JANUARY 5, 1973 — DECIDED MARCH 12, 1973.


Summaries of

Morrow v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Mar 12, 1973
196 S.E.2d 901 (Ga. Ct. App. 1973)
Case details for

Morrow v. State

Case Details

Full title:MORROW v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Mar 12, 1973

Citations

196 S.E.2d 901 (Ga. Ct. App. 1973)
196 S.E.2d 901

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