Redding v. State

Benham, Judge.

We granted appellant’s petition for interlocutory review of the denial of his motion to suppress evidence that he committed burglary, rape, and aggravated sodomy. Appellant contends that the evidence, samples of his hair and blood, which link him to the crime scene and victim, was obtained as a result of a search warrant issued without probable cause because it was based on misrepresentations to the issuing magistrate, and that it was illegally executed. OCGA § 17-5-30.

It is undisputed that in preparing the affidavit in support of the search warrant, the affiant, Detective…