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Hastings v. State

Citations

  • 441 S.E.2d 83
  • 211 Ga. App. 873
  • 94 Fulton County D. Rep. 606
  • 1994 Ga. App. LEXIS 104

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that officer had “sufficient articulable suspicion for [a] stop” when a bench warrant had been issued for appellant for failure to appear in court
  • holding that officer had “sufficient articulable suspicion for [a] stop” when a bench warrant had been issued for appellant for failure to appear in court
  • ruling that information that a vehicle had been reported stolen provided sufficient articulable suspicion for a traffic stop, even though that information was later determined to be inaccurate
  • delineating exceptions to this rule for certain traffic offenses and where an officer is in “hot pursuit” of a fleeing suspect
  • authority to arrest extends beyond jurisdiction where officer in hot pursuit of suspect

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Judges: Smith, Beasley, Cooper

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