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5 Georgia opinions name it 1 courts 1939–2019 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Georgia courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Collins v. Sadlogreen2 sentences2019(Citations, punctuation, and emphasis omitted.) Collins v. Sadlo , 167 Ga. App. 317 , 318, 306 S.E.2d 390 (1983). (1) Individual Defendants With regard to the element of an unlawful detention, there is no evidence that McClendon was confined by anyone before the MARTA detective placed him under arrest without a warrant. 4 Because none of the Individual Defendants personally detained McClendon, as to them, this case presents the question of whether there is evidence that any of them wrongfully procured McClendon's warrantless arrest by the detective. [Georgia] law draws a fine line of demarcati 2019(Citations, punctuation, and emphasis omitted.) Collins v. Sadlo , 167 Ga. App. 317 , 318, 306 S.E.2d 390 (1983). (1) Individual Defendants With regard to the element of an unlawful detention, there is no evidence that McClendon was confined by anyone before the MARTA detective placed him under arrest without a warrant. 4 Because none of the Individual Defendants personally detained McClendon, as to them, this case presents the question of whether there is evidence that any of them wrongfully procured McClendon's warrantless arrest by the detective. [Georgia] law draws a fine line of demarcati | 1 | 2 |
Vlass v. McCrarygreen2 sentences1983Where the arrest is without a warrant and is illegal, no amount of good faith or probable cause will excuse the defendants. [Cits.]” (Emphasis supplied.) Vlass v. McCrary, 60 Ga. App. 744, 747 ( 5 SE2d 63 ) (1939). 1983Where the arrest is without a warrant and is illegal, no amount of good faith or probable cause will excuse the defendants. [Cits.]” (Emphasis supplied.) Vlass v. McCrary, 60 Ga. App. 744, 747 ( 5 SE2d 63 ) (1939). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Georgia. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Piedmont Hotel Co. v. Henderson
green
2 sentences1951“Whoever arrests or imprisons a person without a warrant is guilty of a tort, unless he can justify under some of the exceptions in which arrest and imprisonment without a warrant are permitted by law; and the burden of proving the existence of the facts raising the exception is upon the person making the arrest or inflicting the imprisonment.” Piedmont Hotel Co. v. Henderson, 9 Ga. App. 672 ( 72 S. E. 51 ). 1951“Whoever arrests or imprisons a person without a warrant is guilty of a tort, unless he can justify under some of the exceptions in which arrest and imprisonment without a warrant are permitted by law; and the burden of proving the existence of the facts raising the exception is upon the person making the arrest or inflicting the imprisonment.” Piedmont Hotel Co. v. Henderson, 9 Ga. App. 672 ( 72 S. E. 51 ). | 2 | 1939–1951 |
Hines v. Adams
green
1 sentence1939When this witness was unable to testify to this fact, and there was no evidence of sales by the plaintiff, I requested the recorder to dismiss the case, which was done.” The Code, § 27-207, provides: “An arrest for a crime may be made by an officer, either under a warrant, or without a warrant if the offense is committed in his presence, or the offender is endeavoring to escape, or for other cause there is likely to be a failure of justice for want of an officer to issue a warrant.” But “Whoever arrests or imprisons a person without a warrant is guilty of a tort, unless he can justify under so | 1 | 1939–1939 |
Hines v. Adams
neutral
1 sentence1939When this witness was unable to testify to this fact, and there was no evidence of sales by the plaintiff, I requested the recorder to dismiss the case, which was done.” The Code, § 27-207, provides: “An arrest for a crime may be made by an officer, either under a warrant, or without a warrant if the offense is committed in his presence, or the offender is endeavoring to escape, or for other cause there is likely to be a failure of justice for want of an officer to issue a warrant.” But “Whoever arrests or imprisons a person without a warrant is guilty of a tort, unless he can justify under so | 1 | 1939–1939 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.