Silva v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that there is no constitutional requirement that an officer stake his safety on suspect’s explanation of his actions
• noting that there is no constitutional requirement that an officer stake his safety on suspect's explanation of his actions
• affirming application of de novo standard of review where trial court decided motion to suppress on issue of law rather than on any issue of conflicting evidence
• de novo review proper where trial court accepted officer’s version of events but applied incorrect standard of law
• driver leaned under seat as if to conceal weapon and drove recklessly while in that position, then offered implausible explanation for his conduct
• de novo review proper where trial court accepted officer’s version of events but applied incorrect standard of law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-22· cited 116×
• State v. Ellison
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-03-03· cited 37×
• State v. Underwood
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-05-19· cited 32×
• State v. Sanders
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-07-13· cited 26×
• State v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-24· cited 24×
• State v. Austin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-13· cited 23×
• Bell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-21· cited 21×
• Culpepper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-10-18· cited 18×
• State v. Woods
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-07-13· cited 12×
• State v. Stephens
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-01-11· cited 12×
• Stringer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-05-30· cited 12×
• Prado v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-09-29· cited 10×
• Bostic v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-07-08· cited 10×
• Dixon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-01-05· cited 9×
• Megesi v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-02-15· cited 9×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-12-01· cited 9×
• State v. Guyton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-29· cited 8×
• State v. Criswell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-05-29· cited 7×
• State v. Glass
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-10-03· cited 6×
• Epps v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-06-29· cited 5×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Cortez
  Supreme Court· 1981-01-21· cited 5,975×
• Michigan v. Long
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 3,763×
• Vansant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-05-31· cited 478×
• Tate v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-02-28· cited 397×
• Hayes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-12-05· cited 56×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-21· cited 36×
• State v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-04-15· cited 33×
• State v. Jarrells
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-01-29· cited 20×
• State v. Silva
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-09-03· cited 9×