Can the police order me out of my house after I had been home for 15 minutes?
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Can the police order me out of my house after I had been home for 15 minutes?
I was not in a accident nor was I stopped by the police. Someone followed me home and called the police on me.
Asked on May 27, 2009 under Criminal Law, Georgia
Answers:
B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
This is a very interesting question. I'm not a Georgia lawyer, and the "details" of what happened here are almost certainly important. For reliable advice, you need to have an experienced attorney in your area review all the unique facts of your case. One place to find a lawyer is our website, http://attorneypages.com
If a police officer had seen you driving erratically, and had been following you when you pulled into your garage, this might be an easier question. Certainly, some level of probable cause was required, for this to be "reasonable" under the Fourth Amendment, and when there is only a single, uncorroborated non-police source for that, there can be issues.
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