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Bagwell v. State

Citations

  • 214 Ga. App. 15
  • 446 S.E.2d 739
  • 94 Fulton County D. Rep. 1864
  • 1994 Ga. App. LEXIS 799

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • allowing officers to open and inspect containers as part of a search incident to arrest
  • rejecting defendant's argument that officer was without authority to open container discovered in pocket during search incident to arrest
  • defendant arrested for driving with suspended license; authority to search incident to arrest extends to passenger compartment and closed containers found therein
  • the officer was authorized to remove and open a closed metal container found in the defendant’s pocket incident to his arrest
  • the officer was authorized to remove and open a closed metal container found in the defendant's pocket incident to his arrest
  • involving three-and-one-half inch metal “screw-type” container found on arrestee’s person

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Judges: Pope, McMurray, Smith

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