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Smith v. State

Citations

  • 585 S.E.2d 888
  • 262 Ga. App. 614
  • 2003 Fulton County D. Rep. 2378
  • 2003 Ga. App. LEXIS 949

How courts have described this case

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

  • officer’s observation of stolen property in the defendant’s possession provided sufficient probable cause for arrest
  • officer violated the Fourth Amendment when, without consent or exigent circumstances, he leaned through the doorway and looked into apartment
  • officer violated the Fourth Amendment when, without consent or exigent circumstances, he leaned through the doorway and looked into apartment
  • officer violated the Fourth Amendment when, without consent or exigent circumstances, he leaned through the doorway and looked into apartment
  • officer violated the Fourth Amendment when, without consent or exigent circumstances, he leaned through the doorway and looked into apartment
  • a third-tier “arrest” within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment occurs when a reasonable person would have felt so restrained by an officer’s actions as to equate with formal arrest

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Judges: Andrews, Johnson, Blackburn, Eldridge, Mikell, Barnes, Adams

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