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Dawson v. State

Citations

  • 518 S.E.2d 477
  • 238 Ga. App. 263
  • 99 Fulton County D. Rep. 2288
  • 1999 Ga. App. LEXIS 779

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  • finding that “there was significant evidence of [dog’s] reliability and training” in detecting drugs, and observing that “there is no way to verify whether the dog actually detected a residual odor of contraband or whether it made a false alert”
  • finding that “there was significant evidence of [drug detection dog’s] reliability and training” in detecting drugs, and noting that “there is no way to verify whether the dog actually detected a residual odor of contraband or whether it made a false alert”
  • finding that \there was significant evidence of [drug detection dog's] reliability and training\ in detecting drugs, and noting that \there is no way to verify whether the dog actually detected a residual odor of contraband or whether it made a false alert\
  • “Probable cause need not be defined in relation to any one particular element, but may exist because of the totality of circumstances.”
  • “[T]he existence of probable cause is determined by whether, given all the circumstances, . . . there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place.”

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Judges: Ruffin, McMurray, Andrews

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