An off-duty Georgia officer had probable cause for a custodial arrest of defendant for reckless driving. \u201cThe fact that Officer Taddei was off-duty does not impact his authority to make the arrest for the traffic violations that he personally observed. See Griffis v. State, 295 Ga. App. 903, 904, 673 S.E.2d 348, 350 (2009).\u201d [And it wouldn\u2019t violate the Fourth Amendment anyway under Virginia v. Moore.] He opened defendant\u2019s wallet and became suspicious and called detectives. This search incident of the wallet was valid. United States v. Corker, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141923 (N.D. Ga. August 13, 2013).*<\/p>\n
Defendant\u2019s arrest for public intox, 11 miles from her home, was valid. She was underdressed for the snow and had to lean against the car to stay upright. The search incident revealing drugs was valid. State v. Vause<\/a>, 2013 Ohio 4351, 2013 Ohio App. LEXIS 4587 (5th Dist. September 18, 2013).*<\/p>\n Drug dog\u2019s alert to car was probable cause to search the trunk. State v. Rei<\/a>d, 2013 Ohio 4274, 2013 Ohio App. LEXIS 4492 (9th Dist. September 30, 2013).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" b2evALnk.b2WPAutP Continue reading