Carr 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…
January 30, 2013 GA Court of Appeals: Informant Insufficient to Establish Probable CauseIn late 2010, the Flowery Branch Police Department received information from an unidentified individual alleging the defendant, Eric Sutton, was…
January 11, 2013 GA Supreme Court Reverses Wiretap Ruling in Ecstasy Trafficking CaseThis opinion reversed a Georgia Court of Appeals decision that upheld the State’s use of wiretapping in a multi-county drug…
December 16, 2012 GA Court of Appeals Reverses Drug Trafficking Conviction on Illegal Pat DownWilliams was a passenger in a car that a Henry County police officer stopped for following too closely. Although he…
December 3, 2012 Illegal Detention Leads to GA Court of Appeals Reversal in Cocaine Trafficking CaseThe Court reversed the trial court and granted the defendant’s motion to suppress the cocaine and other evidence discovered as…
November 16, 2012 GA Supreme Court Addresses Issue of Police Obtaining Cell and ISP RecordsGeorgia law does provide a procedure for law enforcement to subpoena the information but only in emergency situations. The Court…
October 22, 2012 GA Supreme Court Puts the Brakes on the Use of Thermal Imaging TechnologyWith the use of such equipment, the police had been able to detect heat loss patterns emanating from a residence…
January 12, 2012 Law v. Technology: Can police search a password-protected phone?As a result, issues have arisen concerning the ability of the police to retrieve information from a password-protected cell phone…
August 19, 2011 Unlawfully Obtained Evidence Suppressed in GA Child Molestation CaseIn this case, the defendant’s motion was to suppress video recordings made by the alleged child molestation victim on the…
