227 Ga. App. 659 - Stewart v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
November 2002
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Terry v. Ohio · Illinois v. Gates · United States v. Cortez · Adams v. Williams
Most-quoted passages
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“Further, incident to the investigatory Terry[ v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 , 88 S.Ct. 1868 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889 ] stop, officers are allowed to `pat down' a target `when the officer reasonably believes that it is necessary to protect him from attack. It is not unreasonable for officers to anticipate that those who are suspected of involvement in the drug trade might be armed.' [Cits.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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