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Bowens v. State

Citations

  • 623 S.E.2d 677
  • 276 Ga. App. 520
  • 2005 Fulton County D. Rep. 3474
  • 2005 Ga. App. LEXIS 1243

How courts have described this case

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

  • upholding as reasonable free-air search of vehicle conducted while officer awaited results of license check
  • upholding as reasonable free-air search of vehicle conducted while officer awaited results of license check
  • upholding as reasonable free-air search of vehicle conducted while officer awaited results of license check
  • where defendant smelled of marijuana officer had reasonable suspicion to detain him to determine whether he was driving under the influence
  • “reasonable and articulable suspicion is not required before a police officer may use a canine trained in drug detection to sniff the vehicle’s exterior”
  • traffic stop was not prolonged by the dog’s free air search where the stop was still in progress because the officer was running a computer check on the driver’s license and registration

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Judges: Bernes, Blackburn, Miller

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