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State v. Heredia

Citations

  • 555 S.E.2d 91
  • 252 Ga. App. 89
  • 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 104
  • 2001 Ga. App. LEXIS 1127

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that officer was authorized to arrest for traffic offenses and DUI outside his jurisdiction and reversing the trial court for too narrowly construing the exception to peace officers’ territorial jurisdiction
  • authorizing police to search passenger compartment of a car, as well as closed containers therein, incident to lawful arrest of car’s occupant
  • Cobb County police officer could pull over defendant in the city limits of Kennesaw for traffic violation committed in Kennesaw
  • “Our law regarding searches incident to arrest and inventory searches provides two alternative means for finding that a particular search was reasonable.”
  • Cobb County police officer authorized to arrest defendant for DUI and failure to maintain lane within Kennesaw city limits

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Judges: Barnes, Smith, Phipps

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