Thomas v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding immediate search of pocket where suspect refused to remove his hand from pocket and officer forcibly removed suspect’s hand from pocket and reached in'to search for weapon
• defendant’s refusal to remove hand from pocket reasonably caused officer to fear for Ms safety
• limited pat-down search proper where police reasonably suspect individual may be armed
• where as defendant stepped out of car, he kept placing his hand in his pocket and refused to move it, officer justified in forcibly removing defendant’s hand and reaching into pocket to search for a weapon
• where as defendant 7 stepped out of car, he kept placing his hand in his pocket and refused to move it, officer justified in forcibly removing defendant’s hand and reaching into pocket to search for a weapon

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Gonsalves
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-06-14· cited 162×
• State v. Heitzmann
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2001-07-20· cited 45×
• Satterfield v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-08-08· cited 9×
• Feaster v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-02-02· cited 8×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-11-19· cited 7×
• Knight v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-01-26· cited 4×
• Barnett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-08-30· cited 3×
• State v. Cleveland
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-05
• State v. Antonio Cleveland
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-05

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Alabama v. White
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 3,282×
• Pennsylvania v. Mimms
  Supreme Court· 1977-12-05· cited 3,269×
• Hayes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-12-05· cited 56×
• Barrett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-03-18· cited 14×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-11-15· cited 11×
• Britton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-02-07· cited 11×