Case Name: THE STATE v. LIVINGSTON et al.
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1978-04-06
Citations: 145 Ga. App. 792
Docket Number: 55545
Parties: THE STATE v. LIVINGSTON et al.
Judges: Quillian, P. J., and McMurray, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 145
Pages: 792–793

Head Matter:
55545.
THE STATE v. LIVINGSTON et al.
Submitted March 7, 1978
Decided April 6, 1978
Rehearing denied April 28, 1978 — Cert, applied for.

Opinion:
Webb, Judge.
This appeal by the state from an order of the superior court suppressing certain evidence was transferred here by the Supreme Court. The evidence was seized in the exercise of a search warrant obtained by two police officers from a justice of the peace who apparently was paid on a fee basis. The warrant was issued and executed December 5, 1976. The trial court applied retroactively Connally v. Georgia, 429 U. S. 245 (97 SC 546,50 LE2d 444) (1977) and suppressed the evidence.
We reverse. The ruling in State v. Patterson, 143 Ga. App. 225 (237 SE2d 707) (1977) is controlling, and we hold that the trial judge erred in applying the Connally decision retroactively.
Judgment reversed.
Quillian, P. J., and McMurray, J., concur.
Thomas J. Charron, District Attorney, Joseph L. Chambers, Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.
Barnes & Browning, Roy E. Barnes, Thomas J. Browning, for appellees.