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Brown v. State

Citations

  • 477 S.E.2d 623
  • 223 Ga. App. 364
  • 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 3840
  • 1996 Ga. App. LEXIS 1134

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  • before stopping vehicle, officer verified that vehicle make, model, color, and tag number, driver’s physical description, driver’s current location and expected immediate future conduct matched information given by concerned citizen
  • “A reasonable person does not mean a person with a guilty conscience who knows as soon as they see the blue light that they will be arrested for matters known to them, but are not as yet known to the police.” (punctuation omitted)
  • tip provided information on future behavior including destination
  • Columbus Police Department used paid informer

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Judges: Eldridge, Beasley, Birdsong

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