Kessler v. State

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Frank Kessler was convicted of two violations of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. Here, he claims that the trial court erred in denying his motion to reveal the identity of the confidential informant, which was raised in the context of a motion to suppress challenging the sufficiency of a search warrant affidavit. We reject Kessler’s argument and affirm.

On September 27,1994, narcotics agent David Spillers swore out an affidavit in order to obtain a search warrant for Kessler’s residence. In the affidavit, Spillers stated that he had reason to believe that Kessler…