State v Holt-50 minutes DUI investigative detention is not unreasonable
State v. Holt, A15A1483, Reversed, November 17, 2015. Jamie Sue Holt was arrested in Cherokee County, Georgia by the Georgia State Patrol after police spoke with her at a gas pump at a Kroger Gas Station while investigating another separate DUI incident. On April 28, 2014, a Georgia State Trooper was dispatched to a Kroger […]
Read MoreHeard v State – consent to search is no good where reason for stop is wrong
Heard v. State, A13A0853, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Decided: November 22, 2013. James Heard was stopped by police in Franklin County because the Police Captain had told the Officer that a vehicle matching his car’s description had been involved in drug activity and because no tag validation sticker was visible. It turned out that the […]
Read MoreDUI, Illegal Stop, Investigative Detention; Butler v. State, A10AA0736 (April 7, 2010)
DUI, Illegal Stop, Investigative Detention; Butler v. State, A10AA0736 (April 7, 2010). J. Butler was found guilty of DUI in Columbia County Superior Court in Appling, Georgia near Augusta, Georgia. She appealed the legality of her stop. Staff Sergeant Thomas Harper of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Department responded to a domestic disturbance. He saw a vehicle […]
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