Hawkins v. State

HINES, Justice.

This Court granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals to consider whether that Court properly determined that a police officer’s search of a cell phone incident to arrest was lawful. See Hawkins v. State, 307 Ga. App. 253 (704 SE2d 886) (2010). Finding that the majority opinion of the Court of Appeals reached the correct conclusion, we affirm.

This case arises from the arrest of Haley Hawkins for various crimes, including an attempted violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act following an exchange of telephone text messages between Hawkins and a law enforcement officer…