Legal Opinion

Watts v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 12, 2003No. A03A0929PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Eldridge, Judge.

This is the third appearance of this case before us. In Watts v. State, 246 Ga. App. 367 (541 SE2d 41) (2000), we affirmed a Carroll County jury’s verdict finding Watts guilty of rape and incest. In so doing, this Court determined, inter alia, that the trial court did not err in denying Watts’ motion to suppress a search warrant for his hair and blood which resulted in DNA evidence against him, because (1) Watts’ motion to suppress alleged only that the warrant “omitted material facts” from the affidavit in support of the search warrant, without putting the State on notice as…

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2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Oregon v. HassSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Walder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  5. United States v. HavensSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. LejeuneSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  2. James M. Lovell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2025

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