Lewis v. State

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• concluding that the defendant’s detention and pat-down search was authorized when he appeared extremely nervous, grabbed his pants pocket, and provided an implausible explanation for his presence on the property which had previously been robbed numerous times
• “The officer’s belief that the individual is armed and dangerous cannot be predicated upon a mere suspicion or hunch.”
• state met burden of showing lawfulness of pat-down search where defendant was in high-crime area known for robberies and was loitering near store that had previously been robbed
• state met burden of showing lawfulness of pat-down search where defendant was in high- crime area known for robberies and was loitering near store that had previously been robbed
• defendant’s detention and pat-down search was authorized when, while present in a high crime area near a closed convenience store at night, he appeared extremely nervous, grabbed his pants pocket, and provided an implausible explanation for his presence on a property
• defendant’s detention and pat-down search was authorized when, while present in a high crime area near a closed convenience store at night, he appeared extremely nervous, grabbed his pants pocket, and provided an implausible explanation for his presence on a property

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bradley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-01· cited 12×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-12· cited 11×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-12-01· cited 9×
• Oglesby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-09-08· cited 8×
• Mwangi v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-23· cited 2×
• State v. Kasib Seven Bizzard
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-10-30
• James Gayton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-11-08
• Rodney Towe v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-02-25
• Bernard Mwangi v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-23
• John Bradley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-01
• Ernest Walker, Sr. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-12

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• McClain v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-06-05· cited 69×
• Hayes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-12-05· cited 56×
• Sommese v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-08-10· cited 37×
• State v. King
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-16· cited 21×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-31· cited 17×
• Molina v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-05-14· cited 16×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-09-01· cited 15×
• Meadows v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-23· cited 8×
• State v. McKinney
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-01-28· cited 6×
• Louis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-06-27· cited 4×
• Dickson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-12-16· cited 3×
• In the Interest of A. T.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-09· cited 3×