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Minor v. State

Citations

  • 680 S.E.2d 459
  • 298 Ga. App. 391
  • 2009 Fulton County D. Rep. 2168
  • 2009 Ga. App. LEXIS 687

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  • detention authorized by probable cause based on odor and other facts while warrant was obtained
  • detention authorized by probable cause based on odor and other facts while warrant was obtained
  • “Probable cause to arrest exists [when],based on objective facts and circumstances, a man of reasonable caution would believe that a crime has been or is being committed.” (punctuation omitted)
  • “Probable cause to arrest exists [when], based on objective facts and circumstances, a man of reasonable caution would believe that a crime has heen or is being committed.” (punctuation omitted)
  • exigent circumstances existed where defendant ran back into house while officers were waiting for a search warrant to be obtained and officers had probable cause to believe contraband was in the house and might be destroyed

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Judges: Blackburn, Adams, Doyle

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