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Franks v. State

Citations

  • 486 S.E.2d 594
  • 268 Ga. 238

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that basic biographical data is limited to a suspect’s name, age, address, educational background, marital status, and any other information required.to complete an arrest form
  • stating that basic biographical data is limited to a suspect's name, age, address, educational background, marital status, and any other information required to complete an arrest form
  • holding that “[a] well-established line of federal and state case law has created an exemption from the Miranda rule for questions attendant to arrest, because such questions are not related to the investigation of the case, and at the same time[,] serve a legitimate administrative need”
  • noting that the Georgia courts have limited the “booking exception” “to requests for basic biographical data, such as the suspect’s name, age, address, educational background, marital status, and other information required to complete an arrest form”
  • questioning seeking only basic biographical data for purpose of completing arrest form is not an “interrogation”
  • stating that “[p]olice questioning during booking not requesting basic biographical data . . . must . . . be scrutinized on a case-by-case basis” by reviewing several factors and then determining under a totality of the circumstances whether “interrogation” occurred

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Judges: Thompson, Sears, Hunstein, Carley, Hines

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