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O.C.G.A. § 17-5-27 Use of force in execution of search warrant
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All necessary and reasonable force may be used to effect an entry into any building or property or part thereof to execute a search warrant if, after verbal notice or an attempt in good faith to give verbal notice by the officer directed to execute the same of his authority and p…
O.C.G.A. § 17-5-28 State v
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Holmes, 240 Ga. App. 332, 525 S.E.2d 698 (1999). Persons entering during search must be authorized. — Right to search those coming in while a search of the premises is going on, when such search is expressly authorized by the warrant, must be shown by the grounds of probable caus…
O.C.G.A. § 17-5-29 Written return of items seized; filing and signing of inventory; delivery of copies of inventory
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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 filed with t…
O.C.G.A. § 17-5-30 State v
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Johnston, 160 Ga. App. 71, 286 S.E.2d 47 (1981), aff ’d, 249 Ga. 413, 291 S.E.2d 543 (1982). Burden of proof concerning intoximeter test’s legality. — State has burden of proving that seizure of appellee’s breath resulting in the intoximeter results is in accordance with mandated…