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State v. Harris

Citations

  • 513 S.E.2d 1
  • 236 Ga. App. 525
  • 99 Fulton County D. Rep. 590
  • 1999 WL 38964
  • 1999 Ga. App. LEXIS 90

How courts have described this case

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  • holding the officer’s stop was proper where he knew the driver’s license was suspended three weeks ago and some suspensions last up to five years
  • noting the different privacy interests in a vehicle and a passenger’s purse in the vehicle
  • if oral consent was freely and voluntarily given, written consent was not necessary
  • when officer asked suspect “would she empty the purse” and suspect complied silently, we held that “[s]ilence in the face of a request for permission to search may sometimes be interpreted as acquiescence, but such acquiescence cannot substitute for free consent”
  • information obtained in the last few weeks justified investigatory stop

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Judges: Johnson, Smith, Barnes

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