Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 30, 1973No. 48121PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Judge.

1. On a motion to suppress evidence based on the alleged inadequacy of the affidavit pursuant to which the warrant issued and certain proscribed drugs were seized, we hold without hesitation that the statement by the affiant prosecutor that he had been told by a reliable unidentified source that that source had been told by a friend that the defendant regularly kept marijuana in her room is entitled to no credence whatever, and will be ignored in determining the sufficiency of the affidavit. Nor is anything added by the statement: "The information given to the source by its friend…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. United States v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Tuzman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  2. Devier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  3. Simmons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Corey v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1989
  5. Meneghan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974

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