Brannon v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

The Cook County Superior Court denied appellants John and Patricia Brannon’s motion to suppress. The trial court certified the issue for interlocutory appeal. We granted appellants’ application in order to review the parameters of a residential search incident to a lawful arrest under the facts of this case. Because those parameters were exceeded, we reverse.

Michael Pitts, Special Agent with the South Georgia Drug Task Force, was asked to aid Cook County law enforcement in arresting appellant John Brannon pursuant to a bench warrant issued by Douglas County. The out-of-county…