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Snider v. State

Citations

  • 663 S.E.2d 805
  • 292 Ga. App. 180
  • 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 2254
  • 2008 Ga. App. LEXIS 727

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  • holding that consent was not voluntary based on initial unlawful police action
  • defendant who occupied hotel room as an overnight guest had a constitutionally protected reasonable expectation of privacy in the room
  • overnight hotel guests are afforded the same reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment as private homeowners, occupants, or overnight guests
  • “It follows that the officers’ entry into the hotel room without consent or a warrant violated [the defendant’s] Fourth Amendment rights, unless the evidence showed that the officers had both probable cause for an arrest or search inside the room and exigent circumstances”

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Judges: Andrews, Ruffin, Bernes

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