221 Ga. App. 368 - Kessler v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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1. “a practical, common-sense decision whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit before him, including the “veracity” and “basis of knowledge” of persons supplying hearsay information, there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place. And the duty of a reviewing court is simply to ensure that the magistrate had a “substantial basis for concluding” that probable cause existed. 4”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 258 Ga. App. 253 - Shivers v. State

2. “there was still sufficient evidence for the magistrate to determine that the informant was reliable and that probable cause existed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 291 Ga. App. 157 - State v. Palmer