State v. Tyson

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted Samuel Seymore Tyson of child molestation, but the Court of Appeals of Georgia reversed on the grounds that the trial court should have granted Tyson’s motion to suppress evidence.1 We granted the writ of certiorari to consider whether the court of appeals correctly concluded that Tyson’s warrantless arrest was illegal and therefore the evidence seized incident to his arrest should have been suppressed. Addressing first our jurisdiction to hear this case, we hold that under our state constitution the State of Georgia may seek discretionary review…