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Hayes v. State

Citations

  • 414 S.E.2d 321
  • 202 Ga. App. 204
  • 1991 Ga. App. LEXIS 1729

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  • because defendant could have pulled weapon from open console of vehicle, officer was authorized to conduct patdown search to determine whether defendant was armed
  • stop of defendant held valid; he parked in front of a house where execution of a search warrant for contraband was imminent
  • stop of defendant held valid; he parked in front of a house where execution of a search warrant for contraband was imminent
  • knowledge of officers that “ ‘firearms are “tools of the (drug) trade” ’ ”
  • more intrusive search justified where defendant frustrated officer’s attempts at pat-down by turning his body away to prevent officer from touching the outside of his pocket
  • more intrusive search justified where defendant frustrated officer’s attempts at pat-down by turning his body away to prevent officer from touching the outside of his pocket

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Judges: Andrews, Arnold, Beasley, Birdsong, Carley, Cooper, McMurray, Pope, Shulman, Sognier

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