Legal Opinion
State v. Whitfield
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 3, 1995No. A95A1873PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Judge.
The State appeals from the trial court’s grant of a motion to suppress in this DUI case. The basis for the motion was that the evidence failed to show the arresting officer had the required reasonable and articulable suspicion to make an initial investigative stop of the driver, Whitfield. See Delaware v. Prouse, 440 U. S. 648 (99 SC 1391, 59 LE2d 660) (1979); State v. Thomason, 153 Ga. App. 345, 346-347 (265 SE2d 312) (1980).
The only testimony at the suppression hearing was from the arresting officer, a member of a DUI task force. The officer testified he saw Whitfield’s vehicle…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. ThomasonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
- Pupo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- McConnell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- State v. DiamondCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
- Semich v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
- Payne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
- ABERCROMBIE v. the STATE.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
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