Supreme Court of Georgia

Kennebrew v. the State.

September 10, 2018819 S.E.2d 37

Summary

The court reversed the denial of Kennebrew's motion to suppress evidence taken from two backpacks. It held that the State failed to prove either that the backpacks were searched under standardized inventory procedures or that the evidence inevitably would have been discovered through a lawful inventory search. The court did not reach the law-of-the-case argument because the merits required reversal.