STATE v. MINCEY

66583.

167 Ga. App. 850 (1983)

308 S.E.2d 18

THE STATE v. MINCEY et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, Lee Darragh, David T. Lock, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellant.

William O. Cox, John R. Calhoun, Walter W. Ballew, for appellees.


QUILLIAN, Presiding Judge.

The State appeals the grant of a motion to suppress certain evidence seized under a search warrant. Held:

1. The trial judge sustained defendant's objection to the admission of photostatic copies of the search warrant and supporting affidavit on the ground that the copies were not the highest and best evidence.

"Photostatic copies are ordinarily secondary evidence, which may not be admitted over objection without properly...

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