Legal Opinion
Courson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 26, 1972No. 46582Published
1Opinion of the Court
Quillian, Judge.
"Where the information upon which an officer seeks the issuance of a search warrant comes from an informant who is not named, it is essential that sufficient facts be stated with specificity to indicate that the *374informant was reliable.” Burns v. State, 119 Ga. App. 678 (2) (168 SE2d 786). In the present case the affidavit for the search warrant only stated: "Deputy Sheriff Randy Howard stated he had information from a reliable informer that Darrell E. Courson, would be coming from Atlanta, with some acid and Marijuana or LSD, and would be driving a 1970 Torino Ford 31-2775,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Nathanson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Burns v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
- Patterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971