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Jones v. State

Citations

  • 578 S.E.2d 165
  • 259 Ga. App. 506
  • 2003 Ga. App. LEXIS 153

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  • finding that unusual and illegal driving maneuver to avoid a roadblock provided sufficient evidence to justify the officer’s suspicion of criminal activity
  • traffic stop authorized based on the officer’s observation that the defendant stopped abruptly and unsafely backed up the street to avoid roadblock
  • traffic stop authorized based on the officer’s observation that the defendant stopped abruptly and unsafely backed up the street to avoid roadblock
  • legality of roadblock not relevant where driver was stopped for a traffic violation in backing up after he approached the roadblock

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Judges: Blackburn, Ellington, Phipps

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