by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) The clerk or person having charge of the property section for any police department, sheriff’s office, or other law enforcement agency in this state shall enter in a suitable book a description of every article of property alleged to be stolen, embezzled, or...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) As used in this Code section, the term “documentary evidence” includes but is not limited to writings, documents, blueprints, drawings, photographs, computer printouts, microfilms, X-rays, files, diagrams, ledgers, books, tapes, audio and video...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
No search warrant shall be quashed or evidence suppressed because of a technical irregularity not affecting the substantial rights of the accused.OCGA ยง 17-5-31
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) A defendant aggrieved by an unlawful search and seizure may move the court for the return of property, the possession of which is not otherwise unlawful, and to suppress as evidence anything so obtained on the grounds that: (1) The search and seizure without a...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
A written return of all instruments, articles, or things seized shall be made without unnecessary delay before the judicial officer named in the warrant or before any court of competent jurisdiction. An inventory of any instruments, articles, or things seized shall be...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
In the execution of the search warrant the officer executing the same may reasonably detain or search any person in the place at the time:(1) To protect himself from attack; or(2) To prevent the disposal or concealment of any instruments, articles, or things...
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