Legal Opinion
State v. Dias
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 7, 2007No. A06A2021PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Barnes, Chief Judge.
The State appeals the grant of Michael Dias’s motion to suppress. See OCGA § 5-7-1 (a) (4). The trial court granted the motion because it found that “the officer stopping Defendant’s vehicle had no particularized basis for suspecting Defendant of criminal activity.”
The record shows that Dias was stopped as a result of a be-on-the-lookout (BOLO) call for a maroon or brown Mercury Topaz or Ford Taurus or Ford Tempo driven by a white male wearing a baseball cap traveling east on Oakridge Drive. Dias was stopped while driving on Moultrie Road about two miles from the burglary.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Vansant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Thomason v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Buffington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Lacy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
- Deondrez Allen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
- Durell George Romaine v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2021
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