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Unreasonable Delay in Obtaining Search Warrant after Lawful Seizure Requires Suppression of Evidence, Announces Georgia Supreme Court

Loaded on May 15, 2019 by Douglas Ankney published in Criminal Legal News June, 2019, page 20
Filed under: Searches, Search warrants. Location: Georgia.

by Douglas Ankney

In a case of first impression for the Supreme Court of Georgia, it held that an unreasonable delay in obtaining a search warrant after items were lawfully seized requires suppression of the evidence.

In December 2015, police seized from Jennifer and Joseph Rosenbaum their …

 

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