Legal Opinion

Montero v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 14, 2000No. A00A0681PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

On interlocutory grant, Angel Samuel Montero appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence of marijuana found *182in a closed container in the trunk of his car following a routine traffic stop for tinted windows. Because this case is controlled by DiSanti v. State,1 not Boggs v. State,2 we find that the officer who stopped Montero’s vehicle had no probable cause to detain Montero while he obtained the services of a drug dog to investigate the sealed package in the trunk for which Montero had withdrawn consent to search. Accordingly, we reverse.

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Vansant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  4. State v. KwiatkowskiCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  5. Boggs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Pledger v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  2. Padron v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  3. Rosas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  4. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  5. Byers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005

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