Ware v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that although the record contained no evidence that the officer believed the item he felt in defendant’s pocket was contraband, seizure of the item was legal because defendant consented to a search of his pocket
• “once ... voluntary consent is legally obtained, it continues until it either is revoked or withdrawn”
• valid consent to pocket search eliminates need for either probable cause or search warrant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Kendrick v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-11· cited 39×
• State v. Hamby
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-24· cited 15×
• State v. Mojica
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-05· cited 7×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-01-31· cited 7×
• MARTINEZ v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-10-19· cited 6×
• Harkleroad v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-29· cited 6×
• Berry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-27· cited 6×
• THOMPSON v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-02-11· cited 5×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-20· cited 5×
• Kirkland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-20· cited 3×
• Morrow v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-29· cited 2×
• Mwangi v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-23· cited 2×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-23· cited 2×
• White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-31· cited 2×
• Christopher Womack v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-07-13
• Jose Antonio Ramirez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-03-07
• Desmond Legrant Staley, Jr. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-05-15
• Bernard Mwangi v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-23
• Averil Kirkland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-20
• State v. Norberto Mojica
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-05

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Florida v. Bostick
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-20· cited 4,435×
• State v. Westmoreland
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-05-21· cited 39×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-08-20· cited 36×
• Stokes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-05-25· cited 34×
• In the Interest of D. H.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-01-26· cited 27×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-14· cited 21×
• State v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-01-05· cited 19×
• Reese v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-10-23· cited 19×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-09-16· cited 12×
• Dunn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-02-13· cited 12×
• Sudduth v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-11-21· cited 11×
• Brint v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-09-10· cited 10×
• Welch v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-09-04· cited 8×
• Butler v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-04-07· cited 5×
• Hicks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-09-30· cited 2×