State v. Lindsay

Eldridge, Judge.

The State appeals from the Superior Court of Colquitt County’s grant of former police officer Daniel Lindsay’s motion to suppress allegedly perjurious testimony given by him under oath to a grand jury convened in December 2000 to consider other, separate charges against Lindsay. Because Lindsay, in violation of State law, was not afforded the protections of OCGA § 45-11-4 when making his statement to the grand jury, we affirm the grant of his motion to suppress.

In 1999, while still a police officer and during the performance of his official duties, Lindsay allegedly made false…