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· 1/18/1996

State v. O'BRYANT

Citations

  • 467 S.E.2d 342
  • 219 Ga. App. 862
  • 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 413
  • 1996 Ga. App. LEXIS 39

How courts have described this case

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  • because homeowner had privacy interest in vehicle parked in his driveway, officer’s actions in looking through windows of vehicle constituted a search
  • contraband observed inside truck located within curtilage of defendant’s home could not form basis for search warrant where officer lacked authority to look inside vehicle
  • contraband observed inside truck located within curtilage of defendant’s home could not form basis for search warrant where officer lacked authority to look inside vehicle
  • officer may seize incriminating evidence observed in plain view, “so long as he has not violated the defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights in the process of establishing his vantage point”

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Judges: Pope, Beasley, Ruffin

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