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Holsey v. State

Citations

  • 701 S.E.2d 538
  • 306 Ga. App. 75
  • 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 3094
  • 2010 Ga. App. LEXIS 864

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  • reversing the denial of a suppression motion because the January 2009 search of the defendant’s vehicle was not justified under Gant
  • results of warrantless search of vehicle following arrest for loitering were properly suppressed when defendant was not within reach of vehicle and there was no likelihood that evidence of loitering would be found inside
  • results of warrantless search of vehicle following arrest for loitering were properly suppressed when defendant was not within reach of vehicle and there was no likelihood that evidence of loitering would be found inside
  • “[T]he State bore the burden of proving that [the defendant] was within reaching distance of his vehicle’s passenger compartment at the time of the search in order to assert that this was a proper search incident to arrest under the first prong of the Gant holding.”

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Judges: Blackburn, Barnes, Pope

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