Legal Opinion
Brogdon v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 12, 2010No. S09G2058PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENHAM, Justice.
We issued a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals to determine the extent, if any, to which the statutory exemption of “private papers” from the purview of a search warrant applies to a search warrant issued for medical records maintained by a hospital. OCGA § 17-5-21 (a) (5). See King v. State, 276 Ga. 126 (577 SE2d 764) (2003). See also Sears v. State, 262 Ga. 805 (426 SE2d 553) (1993). The statute provides that a judicial officer may issue a search warrant, upon a showing of probable cause and the inclusion of particular descriptions of the place to be searched and the…
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