Bell v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that nervousness, perceived from driver’s refusal to make eye contact with officers, together with driver’s “dry mouth,” did not constitute a particularized and objective basis for officers to suspect that motorist possessed contraband
• holding that nervousness, perceived from driver’s refusal to make eye contact with officers, together with driver’s “dry mouth,” did not constitute a particularized and objective basis for officers to suspect that motorist possessed contraband
• furtive movements or other indications of danger to an officer justify a search for weapons in a limited area in which a weapon may be placed or hidden
• an illegal detention occurs only where the “officer continues to detain the subject after the conclusion of the traffic stop without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity”
• an illegal detention occurs only where the “officer continues to detain the subject after the conclusion of the traffic stop without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity”
• officers impermissibly exceeded scope of initial traffic stop when, due to suspicions raised by driver’s perceived nervousness, the officers detained travelers to await the arrival of a K-9 unit

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Culpepper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-10-18· cited 18×
• Bodiford v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-07-31· cited 18×
• Nunnally v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-06-20· cited 17×
• Martin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-15· cited 15×
• Langston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-01· cited 12×
• Hardaway v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-04-27· cited 5×
• The STATE v. ALLEN Et Al.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-07-31· cited 5×
• Kennedy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-06-16· cited 4×
• Adkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-06-05· cited 4×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-12· cited 4×
• THACKSTON v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-29· cited 3×
• Duncan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-18· cited 3×
• McKnight v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-02-12· cited 2×
• State v. Snead
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-19· cited 2×
• William Kevin Weaver v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-10-30
• James Martin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-15
• Xavier Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-12
• State v. Jeffrey Brian Snead
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-19
• Lisa Smoak Duncan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-18

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Michigan v. Long
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 3,763×
• Buice v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-10-22· cited 83×
• Migliore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-15· cited 45×
• Hayes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-07-15· cited 44×
• Silva v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-10-12· cited 39×
• Gonzales v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-04-22· cited 29×
• State v. Blair
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-07-28· cited 28×
• State v. Mallard
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-10-13· cited 23×
• State v. Jarrells
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-01-29· cited 20×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-05-16· cited 18×
• McGahee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-02-13· cited 14×
• Bennett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-06-12· cited 11×
• Woodard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-01-30· cited 11×
• Ward v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-02-28· cited 10×
• Megesi v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-02-15· cited 9×
• Newby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-05-02· cited 6×
• Hamm v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-03· cited 5×
• State v. Habib
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-03-13· cited 4×
• State v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-01-11· cited 4×