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· 4/18/2012

EWUMI v. State

Citations

  • 727 S.E.2d 257
  • 315 Ga. App. 656
  • 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 1498
  • 2012 WL 1322963
  • 2012 Ga. App. LEXIS 399

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that officer lacked probable cause to arrest appellant, rendering the evidence supporting his conviction for obstruction insufficient
  • holding that officer lacked probable cause to arrest appellant, rendering the evidence supporting his conviction for obstruction insufficient
  • explaining that “none of [the defendant’s] described activities—walking away from the officer, ignoring the officer, being present in a high-crime area (and returning home from a school function
  • describing circumstances in which a citizen may walk or even run from a law enforcement officer
  • describing circumstances in which a citizen may walk or even run from a law enforcement officer
  • “[B]ecause [the] arrest was unlawful, [the suspect] was justified in resisting the attempted arrest with all force that was reasonably necessary to do so.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Dillard, Ellington, Phipps

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