State v. Palmer

Thompson, Justice.

The State appealed to the Court of Appeals from the trial court’s grant of David Palmer’s motion to suppress evidence seized from his home pursuant to a warrant. See OCGA § 5-7-1 (a) (4). A majority of the Court of Appeals affirmed. State v. Palmer, 291 Ga. App. 157 (661 SE2d 146) (2008). We granted the State’s petition for writ of certiorari to consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in failing to accord proper deference to the magistrate’s finding of probable cause. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the opinion of the Court of Appeals and remand for that court’s…