Melinda Holmes v. Steven C. Kucynda, Marty David Rolfe, James C. Bullock, Jason W. Poole, Cobb County, a Political Subdivision of the State of Georgia

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• stating that, while warrantless searches generally are unreasonable, officers may search a person incident to an arrest without a warrant
• holding, as of 1998, that it was clearly established law that \the Constitution prohibits a police officer from knowingly making false statements in an arrest affidavit about the probable cause for an arrest.\ (internal quotations marks omit- ted)
• explaining how to treat disputes about whether a misstatement was before the magistrate judge
• “To receive qualified immunity protection, an officer need not have actual probable cause but only arguable probable cause”

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