Brooks v. State

677 S.E.2d 68 (2009)

BROOKS

v.

The STATE.

No. S08G1898.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

April 28, 2009.

Reconsideration Denied June 1, 2009.

John A. Nuckolls, Sr., John A. Nuckolls, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.

Garry T. Moss, Dist. Atty., Lawton W. Scott, Sara A. Thompson, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

THOMPSON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Brooks v. State, 292 Ga.App. 445, 664 S.E.2d 827 (2008), to consider whether reasonable grounds were required to justify a search and seizure of probationer Jerry Matthew Brooks' person and/or property despite the existence of a validly…