Legal Opinion

Scott v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 16, 1970No. 45461PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Judge.

The main thrust of this appeal is directed to the contention that under the mandate of the Fourth Amendment, as also under Code Ann. § 27-303, the search warrant must particularly describe the things to be seized as otherwise it would be a mere general warrant and void; that from this it follows that items not described in the warrant do not come within its ambit and their introduction in evidence is reversible error. We do not have the problem discussed in Strauss v. Stynchcombe, 224 Ga. 859 (2) (165 SE2d 302) where the question was whether the warrant was too broad and left to…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Cooper v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Gouled v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  2. Bryan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  3. Cochran v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  4. Jarvis v. RubianoSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  5. Reed v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972

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