Jones v. State
Jones v. State
Opinion of the Court
Defendants were convicted of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. They appeal, enumerating error upon the trial court’s denial of their motion to suppress evidence.
Sergeant Donald E. Cowart, a University of Georgia campus police officer, obtained a search warrant to search the premises of a pri
In the recent whole court decision rendered in State v. Harber, 198 Ga. App. 170 (401 SE2d 57) (1990), and followed in the whole court case of Willingham v. State, 198 Ga. App. 178 (401 SE2d 63) (1990), this Court upheld the validity of a warrant executed by University of Georgia campus police more than 500 yards from the campus. A fortiori, a warrant executed by a University campus police officer within 500 yards of the campus must be deemed valid. The trial court did not err in denying defendants’ motions to. suppress evidence.
Judgment affirmed.
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