Phillips v. State

Adams, Judge.

Hubert Douglas Phillips appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized from his home pursuant to a search warrant.

Our review in this case “is limited to determining if the magistrate had a substantial basis for concluding that probable cause existed to issue the search warrant. Substantial deference is afforded to a magistrate’s decision to issue a search warrant based on a finding *320of probable cause.” (Citations and punctuation omitted.) Smith v. State, 274 Ga. App. 106, 107 (1) (616 SE2d 868) (2005). And in reviewing the trial court’s decision on…