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State v. Palmer

Citations

  • 673 S.E.2d 237
  • 285 Ga. 75
  • 2009 Fulton County D. Rep. 577
  • 2009 Ga. LEXIS 56

How courts have described this case

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  • reiterating that an informant’s “veracity,” “reliability,” and “basis of knowledge” are neither independently dispositive nor irrelevant, but instead are several of a number of relevant factors
  • requiring “a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place”
  • requiring “a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place”
  • “[e]ven doubtful cases should be resolved in favor of upholding a magistrate’s determination that a warrant is proper”
  • “[A] magistrate’s decision to issue a search warrant based on a finding of probable cause is entitled to substantial deference by a reviewing court.” (punctuation omitted
  • because “the facts are not in dispute and no findings were made by the trial court, . . . the standard of review is de novo”

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Judges: Thompson

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