Lindsey v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “the inventory process in noncriminal, nonemergency cases should be less intrusive than that considered reasonable in criminal cases”
• distinguishing between a civil custody authorized by the mental-health code and a criminal arrest
• distinguishing between a civil custody authorized by the mental-health code and a criminal arrest
• where no probable cause existed to believe defendant had committed a crime and where officer lacked any reason to believe a search was necessary for safety, a full search of defendant’s person was an unreasonable intrusion
• “[A] search of a civil detainee before being placed in a patrol car [and transported to jail], absent some valid reason for the officer to take custody of the clothing, container, or bag searched, [does not] come within the ambit of allowable inventory searches.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-06· cited 10×
• In the Interest of C. R.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-21· cited 8×
• State v. Klase
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2019-08-23· cited 5×
• The State v. New
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-13· cited 4×
• Boatright v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-06-27· cited 3×
• White v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-06-10· cited 1×
• In Re Cr
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-21
• State v. Adams
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2025-08-11
• Christopher Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-06
• Richard Boatright, Jr. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-06-27

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• United States v. Robinson
  Supreme Court· 1973-12-11· cited 3,538×
• South Dakota v. Opperman
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-06· cited 3,445×
• Illinois v. Lafayette
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-20· cited 1,216×
• Gustafson v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1973-12-11· cited 699×
• Vansant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-05-31· cited 478×
• Williams v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-06-17· cited 46×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-02-28· cited 25×
• Cordell v. Weber
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2003-12-10· cited 23×
• State v. Friend
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1986-06-17· cited 21×
• State v. Lawrence
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1982-08-04· cited 18×
• Corley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-02-08· cited 18×
• State v. Lippert
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1993-08-19· cited 13×
• State v. Toto
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1983-08-31· cited 13×
• State v. Nelson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-05-10· cited 11×
• Davis v. Charter By-The-Sea, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-06-04· cited 4×
• State v. Kennel
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1976-03-11· cited 3×
• Department of Human Resources v. Long
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-07-10· cited 2×
• Stotts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-03-12· cited 1×