Legal Opinion
State v. Kipple
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 20, 2008No. A08A2034PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Judge.
The State appeals pursuant to OCGA § 5-7-1 (a) (4) from the trial court’s pre-trial order suppressing evidence which John Calhoun Kipple, Jr., contended a police officer illegally obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment by patting him down for weapons during a traffic stop of a vehicle in which he was a passenger. We reverse. The pat-down was justified because there was a reasonable basis for the officer to conclude that Kipple was armed and posed a threat to his safety.
The police officer lawfully stopped the vehicle in which Kipple was a passenger after observing the…
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