State v. Ladarius Vickers

I disagree with the majority opinion to the extent that it can be read to create a bright-line rule that the automobile exception may never justify the warrantless search of a vehicle located on a private residence — even within its curtilage — or implies that such a rule is *278already established under Georgia law. Nevertheless, I am constrained to affirm the ruling of the trial court under our standard of review and the arguments preserved before that court.

I write separately because I think it important to recognize that at no time did the officers in this case act unreasonably in the context…