State v. Boatright

Weltner, Justice.

The state appeals from an order sustaining the defendants’ motion to suppress evidence seized on January 18, 1985, during execution of a search warrant issued on January 14, 1985. The warrant was issued by Victor Mulling, Judge Emeritus of the Municipal Court of Savannah, under the authority of Ga. L. 1984, p. 4422, which created a magistrate court effective January 1, 1985, in lieu of the Municipal Court of Savannah. The 1984 Act subsequently was amended by Ga. L. 1985, p. 4028, effective March 20, 1985.

The motion to suppress was sustained on the grounds that the 1984 and…