199 Ga. App. 401 - Jamison v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “signified a consciousness of guilt no more clearly than it did a natural desire to avoid the persistence of an officer who refused to take "no" for an answer. Given the cooperation provided by appellant and his brother, their open acknowledgment of each other and their relationship, (cit.), the legal identification they produced, (cit.), and the lack of nervousness they displayed until Toles pressed for a body search, (cit.), appellant's two running steps from the non-custodial presence of an officer who would not accept appellant's refusal as an answer could not have warranted a man of reasonable caution in the belief that a felony had been committed. Wong Sun (v. United States, 371 U. S. 471 (83 SC 407, 9 LE2d 441) (1963)). "A contrary holding here would mean that a vague suspicion could be transformed into probable cause for arrest by reason of ambiguous conduct which the arresting officers themselves have provoked. [Cit.]" Id. at 484 . [ Jamison, supra, 199 Ga. App. at 409 .] [Parentheticals supplied. Bracket in original.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Jamison v. State

2. “A contrary holding here would mean that a vague suspicion could be transformed into probable cause for arrest by reason of ambiguous conduct which the arresting officers themselves have provoked. [Cit.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Jamison v. State