Hawkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “"When the arresting officer in the case at bar realized that the appellant had given him a false name, the officer, at that point, should have done one of two things. First, the officer could have immediately arrested the appellant for violating § 29-18, Montgomery City Code , 'False Statements, etc.,' or in the alternative, the officer could have rewritten the UTTC, using the appellant's correct surname, had the appellant sign the UTTC, and then released the appellant on his own recognizance. This Court is of the opinion, insofar as this case is concerned, that these options are mutually exclusive and cannot lawfully be employed together."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 585 So. 2d 154 - Hawkins v. State

2. “the clear import of this section is that the police have no authority to take a motorist into custody and then require him to go to the local stationhouse when that motorist has committed a misdemeanor traffic violation but is willing to sign the summons to court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 585 So. 2d 154 - Hawkins v. State