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Mosier v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Nov 18, 1981
287 S.E.2d 357 (Ga. Ct. App. 1981)

Opinion

62263.

DECIDED NOVEMBER 18, 1981.

Burglary. Gwinnett Superior Court. Before Judge Merritt.

L. Paul Cobb, Jr., for appellant.

Bryant Huff, District Attorney, Gerald W. Brown, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


Defendant Mosier was indicted for burglary in Gwinnett County. He moved to suppress the evidence seized during the search of his apartment on the grounds that the affidavit supporting the search warrant did not adequately describe the premises to be searched as required by Code Ann. § 27-303. The superior court ordered that the motion to suppress be denied, wherefrom defendant brings this interlocutory appeal.

1. The affidavit and the search warrant are headed "GEORGIA, GWINNETT COUNTY." Both describe the premises to be searched as "6529 Norcross-Tucker Road, Apt. G-4, Tucker, Georgia, said address is also known as the Westwood Apartment Complex." Defendant urges that the absence of a county in the foregoing description renders such description legally inadequate.

The court will judicially notice that "Tucker, Georgia" is not an incorporated municipality located in DeKalb County as defendant contends but is merely a community encompassing portions of DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties. See Smith v. State, 138 Ga. App. 692 (1) ( 227 S.E.2d 468) (1976); Madden v. Fulton County, 102 Ga. App. 19 ( 115 S.E.2d 406) (1960). We therefore conclude that the affidavit and warrant, both headed Gwinnett County, contained a description sufficient to enable the officer who served the warrant to ascertain with reasonable certainty the identity of the place intended. Miller v. State, 155 Ga. App. 399 (1B) ( 270 S.E.2d 822) (1980).

2. The remaining objections to the legality of the search and seizure were not properly brought before the trial court as the motion stated no facts showing wherein the search and seizure were unlawful as required under Code Ann. § 27-313(b). State v. Hodge, 154 Ga. App. 293 ( 267 S.E.2d 906) (1980).

Judgment affirmed. Quillian, C. J., and McMurray, P. J., concur.

DECIDED NOVEMBER 18, 1981.


Summaries of

Mosier v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Nov 18, 1981
287 S.E.2d 357 (Ga. Ct. App. 1981)
Case details for

Mosier v. State

Case Details

Full title:MOSIER v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Nov 18, 1981

Citations

287 S.E.2d 357 (Ga. Ct. App. 1981)
287 S.E.2d 357

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