Thompson v. State

248 Ga. 343 (1981)

THOMPSON

v.

THE STATE.

37435.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 20, 1981.

R. Allen Hunt, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Benjamin H. Oehlert III, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

JORDAN, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to explore the possibility of the existence of a per se rule requiring the suppression of either the fruits of a search that is conducted with consent or a voluntary confession made while the defendant was held pursuant to a warrantless and illegal arrest. Thompson v. State, 157 Ga. App. 600 (278 SE2d 62) (1981).

The victim…