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Martin v. State

Citations

  • 662 S.E.2d 185
  • 291 Ga. App. 363
  • 2008 Ga. App. LEXIS 516

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  • concluding that the defendant was in a “public place” and guilty of public drunkenness when police saw him loudly playing music while drinking inside his car, which was parked on a wooded lot
  • this Court accepts trial court’s factual determinations if they are supported by any evidence and will not overturn its credibility findings absent clear error
  • actions of an officer requesting to see a driver’s license, and inquiring about possible criminal or suspicious activity clearly fall within the realm of the first type of police-citizen encounter and do not amount to a stop

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Judges: Ruffin, Andrews, Bernes

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