Cobb County Police Officers were on patrol and heard tires squealing and saw two vehicles make a fast turn despite…
February 23, 2015 Ga Supreme Court: No Standing to Contest Cell Tower RecordsThe Court held that the trial court properly admitted cell phone “tower dump” records, finding that since the phone company…
February 21, 2015 Federal Court: Police May Use Fake Instagram Account to Obtain EvidenceThe court further ruled that photos and information obtained through the undercover Instagram account could then be admitted as evidence…
November 10, 2014 GA Supreme Court: No Standing to Contest Illegally Obtained Text MessagesAlthough the police failed to obtain a search warrant for the records, as required by Federal and Georgia law, the…
August 25, 2014 GA Court of Appeals Finds Illegal Search in Cocaine Trafficking CaseThe defendant’s vehicle was stopped for traveling 10 miles-per-hour over the speed limit. The officer testified that when he asked…
April 28, 2014 Court Reverses Grant of Motion to Suppress in GA Drug CaseThe record showed that the officer approached the defendant while he was sitting in his truck at a gas station…
September 18, 2013 Invalid Search Warrant Leads to Dismissal of Georgia Drug CaseIn Mitchell v. State, the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the defendants’ drug convictions, finding that the search warrant which…
August 21, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Reversal Due to Invalid Search WarrantChatham was charged with violations of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act and moved to suppress evidence which had been seized…
August 20, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Finds Warrant for GPS Device UnlawfulEvidence showed that on August 5, 2010, someone committed a burglary at a residence in Fulton County. The next evening,…
July 7, 2013 GA Court of Appeals: No Exclusionary Rule for Prior Acts EvidenceThe Court held that the exclusionary rule does not apply to evidence that was illegally seized in a prior incident…
June 24, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Affirms Suppression in Firearms CaseCarr was arrested and indicted for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after a car in which he…
April 1, 2013 Supreme Court: Use of K-9 Outside Home Requires Search WarrantIn this case, a police officer, acting on an anonymous tip, approached Jardines’ house with a drug-sniffing dog who alerted…
