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Tatum v. State

Citations

  • 903 S.E.2d 109
  • 319 Ga. 187

How courts have described this case

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  • vacating and remanding to determine whether State’s decision to seek a search warrant was prompted by the unlawful search when the record was unclear on this point
  • “[I]f the State would have sought the warrant even without the prior illegality, then its decision was not prompted by the prior unlawful search.”
  • “[T]he United States Supreme Court created the exclusionary rule, a deterrent sanction that bars the prosecution from introducing evidence obtained by way of a Fourth Amendment violation.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
  • “If the trial court has made express findings of fact, but not with sufficient detail to permit meaningful appellate review, an appellate court may remand for further findings.” (citation and punctuation omitted)

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