Court Opinion

ID: 9574675
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:07:02.907695+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:44:48.644639
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McMurray, Presiding Judge,
concurring specially.
I fully concur in Division 2 and in the judgment of affirmance. I also concur in the Fourth Amendment analysis of Division 1, holding that the woods at issue were not a “private place.” I write separately to emphasize there is no basis in state law for suppressing the videotape of defendant. Except for certain designated felonies, “nothing in this part [Chapter 11, Article 3, Part 1, OCGA §§ 16-11-60 through 16-11-69,] shall apply to a duly constituted law enforcement officer in the performance of his official duties in ferreting out offenders or suspected offenders of the law or in secretly watching a person suspected of violating the laws of the United States or of this [S]tate, or any subdivision thereof, for the purpose of apprehending such suspected violator.” OCGA § 16-11-64 (a). As the majority correctly notes, misdemeanor hunting over bait is not one of those felonies designated by OCGA § 16-11-64 (b) for an investigation warrant.