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MIDDLETON v. STATE

S22G1050.

890 S.E.2d 713 (2023)

MIDDLETON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: July 5, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Christopher Tyrone , Jonathan P. Lockwood , Brunswick Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office, 241 E. Walnut Street, Jesup, Georgia 31546, for Appellant.

Jill Anderson Travis , Mazie Lynn Guertin , Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 215 Church Street, Suite 111, Decatur, Georgia 30030, Hunter Joseph Rodgers , J. Ryan Brown Law LLC, 60 Salbide Avenue, Newnan, Georgia 30263, Peter J. Skandalakis , Robert Wright Smith, Jr. , Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, 1590 Adamson Parkway, 4th Floor, Morrow, Georgia 30260, for Neutral Amicus.

Benjamin E. Gephardt , A.D.A., Charles Keith Higgins , Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 701 H Street, Box 301, Brunswick, Georgia 31520, for Appellee.

Ross Warren Bergethon , Deputy Solicitor-General, Stephen John Petrany , Solicitor-General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Wayne R. Beckermann , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Amicus Appellee.

Patrick Middleton filed a motion to suppress evidence obtained during a search by Officer Amanda Graw of the Kingsland Police Department ("KPD"), arguing that she did not have authority to stop or search him because she was outside the territorial jurisdiction of the KPD. Officer Graw claimed that she did have authority to...

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