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Lyons v. State

Citations

  • 572 S.E.2d 632
  • 258 Ga. App. 9
  • 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 2616
  • 2002 Ga. App. LEXIS 1143

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  • evidence suppressed where affiant omitted fact that informant was paid, as well as fact that informant had not previously given a tip to police
  • statement that informant had seen cocaine in the defendant’s apartment “ ‘in the recent past’ ” insufficient to establish probable cause
  • “An unvarnished statement that the informant has seen drugs in someone’s house cannot establish probable cause to search.”

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Judges: Phipps, Andrews, Mikell

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