STATE v. ROBINSON

53821.

142 Ga. App. 705 (1977)

237 S.E.2d 1

THE STATE v. ROBINSON et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 10, 1977.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Charron, District Attorney, Adele P. Grubbs, Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.

Johnson & Jones, Albert E. Jones, for appellees.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Staff Assistant Attorney General, amicus curiae.


QUILLIAN, Presiding Judge.

The state appeals the grant of defendants' motion to suppress certain evidence. The sole ground urged by defendants was that the search warrant was issued by a justice of the peace who was not neutral by virtue of his financial interest in the decision of whether or not to issue the warrant. Held:

The trial judge found as follows: "At the time the Justice of the Peace issued the search warrant in this case, he was aware that...

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