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Buchanan v. State

Citations

  • 576 S.E.2d 556
  • 259 Ga. App. 272

How courts have described this case

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  • trial court did not err in denying motion to suppress where officer seized plastic bag containing cocaine after it fell out of defendant’s pocket and was in plain view
  • trial court did not err in denying motion to suppress where officer seized plastic bag containing cocaine after it fell out of defendant’s pocket and was in plain view
  • probable cause to arrest existed where officer arrested Buchanan based on a state computer check that revealed an outstanding warrant for his arrest regardless of whether the warrant later proved to be incorrect or invalid

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Judges: Smith, Eldridge, Ellington

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