279 Ga. App. 873 - Prather v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “A dispatcher who reports a crime at a specified location gives police an articulable suspicion to investigate and detain individuals at the scene, particularly where police observations on arriving at the scene corroborate the dispatcher’s report. Even if the dispatcher’s information comes from a citizen or an unidentified informant, the investigatory detention is valid, for patrolling officers are not required to question dispatchers about the source of the information. Further, corroboration only solidifies the existence of an articulable suspicion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 324 Ga. App. 508 - Johnson v. State

2. “A judgment that is right for any reason will be affirmed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 343 Ga. App. 71 - SUGGS v. the STATE.