Legal Opinion

Berry v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 30, 2001No. A00A1912PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Barnes, Judge.

Pursuant to the grant of an interlocutory appeal, Henry Lorenzo Berry appeals the superior court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized from his car after a traffic stop. He contends the trial court erred by holding that the search did not violate Art. I, Sec. I, Par. XIII of the Georgia Constitution (1983) or OCGA § 17-5-1.

The entire incident was videotaped by a camera in the police car, and the video was shown to the court. The video and the officer’s testimony show that Berry was traveling alone at about 10:00 a.m. when he was stopped on 1-20 by a City of Conyers…

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Vansant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. State v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  2. Gibbons v. McBrideDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 2015
  3. Henderson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  4. Rosas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  5. State v. DixsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006

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