State v. Griffin

Birdsong, Judge.

Motion to suppress. A police officer went to a justice of the peace and obtained a warrant to search the premises controlled by Emanuel Hodge as well as the person of Hodge and other persons present on the premises (the other appellants). The detective presented the following facts: "On several occasions in the past month, I received information from a reliable source that at the above address, the residence of Emanuel Hodge, there was marijuana being sold. Said informant hs [sic] proven to be reliable in the past.” The justice of the peace testified that the detective was…