240 Ga. App. 150 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Whren v. United States · 232 Ga. App. 474 - State v. Kirbabas · 226 Ga. App. 872 - Brantley v. State · 227 Ga. App. 602 - Maddox v. State · 229 Ga. App. 450 - Buffington v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“In Whren v. United States, [ 517 U. S. 806 (116 SC 1769, 135 LE2d 89) (1996),] the United States Supreme Court held that when an officer sees a traffic offense occur, a resulting traffic stop does not violate the Fourth Amendment even if the officer has ulterior motives in initiating the stop, and even if a reasonable officer would not have made the stop under the same circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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