Legal Opinion
Caffee v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 7, 2018No. S17G1691PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
303 Ga. 557
FINAL COPY S17G1691. CAFFEE v. THE STATE. PETERSON, Justice. We granted certiorari to consider whether the warrantless search of Richard Caffee resulting in the discovery of marijuana was authorized by an exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement. The Court of Appeals concluded that the warrantless search was permissible because it was supported by probable cause to believe that marijuana would be found on Caffee. See Caffee v. State,
341 Ga. App. 360
( 801 SE2d 71) (2017). Absent consent, probable cause generally is a necessary condition to support a warrantless search…
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