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Callahan v. State

Citations

  • 347 S.E.2d 269
  • 179 Ga. App. 556
  • 1986 Ga. App. LEXIS 2645

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that a prosecutor’s comment to jurors that they could take part in the war against drug trafficking by convicting the defendant was not an improper appeal
  • probable cause requires probability that person committed crime - less than certainty but more than mere suspicion or possibility
  • test for finding probable cause for issuance of arrest warrant is whether facts would justify person of reasonable caution in believing offense has been or is being committed
  • encouraging recordation of magistrate warrant hearings
  • encouraging recordation of magistrate warrant hearings

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Judges: Birdsong, Banke, Sognier

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