Shirley v. State

Melton, Justice.

In Shirley v. State, 330 Ga. App. 424 (765 SE2d 491) (2014), the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s denial of Michael Scott Shirley’s motion to suppress images of child pornography seized from his home. The Court of Appeals found that, contrary to Shirley’s arguments, the application for a search warrant filed by police was supported by probable cause. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.

As found by the Court of Appeals,

the record shows that on January 20, 2011, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Safe Child Task Force (“FBI”) received information from an…