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Matthews v. State

Citations

  • 670 S.E.2d 520
  • 294 Ga. App. 836
  • 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 4021
  • 2008 Ga. App. LEXIS 1329

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  • reasonable time for a traffic stop includes the time necessary to verify the driver’s license and to complete any paperwork connected with the citation or written warning
  • “[T]he information developed during the course of the valid traffic stop 5 provided a reasonable, articulable suspicion to prolong [defendant’s] detention beyond the time reasonably required for completion of the traffic stop standing alone.”

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Judges: Andrews, Barnes, Blackburn, Ellington, Johnson, Mikell, Miller, Phipps, Ruffin, Smith

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