Legal Opinion

Lowery v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 15, 1975No. 50823PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Quillian, Judge.

The defendant appeals from his conviction for burglary. The first enumeration of error is that it was error to overrule the motion to suppress certain evidence obtained under a search warrant. Held:

1. The affidavit for the search warrant provided as grounds for issuance: "Based on information from a reliable informer, who has given reliable information in the past upon which arrest have been made and convictions had.” The record fails to reveal that any other evidence was introduced before the issuing magistrate.

The affidavit was fatally defective since it failed to show how…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Fowler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  2. Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  3. Good v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Love v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  2. State v. BradleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  3. Weaver v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  4. Bachelor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  5. Love v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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