Legal Opinion

Tuten v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided December 5, 1980No. 60707PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Chief Judge.

In this conviction for possession of marijuana based entirely upon evidence uncovered during the execution of a search warrant for a trailer located on a lot in a described trailer park, the motion to suppress the evidence because of lack of probable cause for the issuance of the warrant, appearing on the face of the affidavit, should have been sustained.

The affidavit recited in substance that the affiant, a detective, received a telephone call from a reliable informant, that the defendant had a large quantity of the drug for sale. Members of the *759drug squad put the trailer…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Fenning v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Shrader v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  2. State v. HunterSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  3. State v. HunterSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007

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