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Scott v. State

Citations

  • 316 Ga. App. 341
  • 729 S.E.2d 481
  • 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 2130
  • 2012 WL 2362371
  • 2012 Ga. App. LEXIS 555

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[w]hen we review the denial of a motion to suppress, we owe no deference to the way in which the court below resolved questions of law”
  • “[wjhen we review the denial of a motion to suppress, we owe no deference to the way in which the court below resolved questions of law”
  • impoundment of defendant’s car was reasonably necessary when defendant and her companion were arrested and no one remained to remove car from the shoulder of an exit ramp
  • “Here, [the driver] was arrested, as was her companion, and no one remained to take custody of the car and remove it from the shoulder of the exit ramp.”
  • impoundment of defendant’s 12 car was reasonably necessary when defendant and her companion were arrested and no one remained to remove car from the shoulder of an exit ramp
  • officers are not required to ask arrestee if they can make arrangements for removing the vehicle if no one is available on the scene to take custody of the car

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Judges: Blackwell

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