253 Ga. App. 837 - Edwards v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
May 2013
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Davis v. State · 240 Ga. App. 774 - Green v. State · Garmon v. State · 228 Ga. App. 44 - Barnes v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Articulable suspicion that the law has been or is about to be violated is less than probable cause, but greater than mere caprice. What is necessary is a founded suspicion, some basis from which the court can determine that the detention was not arbitrary or harassing. Thus, in cases where there are some reasonable articulable grounds for suspicion, the state’s interest in the maintenance of community peace and security outweighs the momentary inconvenience and indignity of investigatory detention. Each case turns on its own circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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