Ezzard v. State

Johnson, Judge.

An inmate at the DeKalb County Jail told detectives he had information regarding Vernon Ezzard’s connection to three stolen police ballistic vests and an engine block which had been removed from a U-Haul truck and installed in a 1972 Chevrolet. After verifying a number of details related by the inmate, police obtained a search warrant for the address which had been identified as the house where Ezzard lived. The house is owned by Ezzard’s parents. Ezzard, his girl friend, their three children and Ezzard’s parents were present when the police arrived to execute the search…