GA 17-5-1 - GA 17-5-1

General Consideration Purpose of search and seizure laws is to safeguard the privacy and security of individuals against arbitrary invasion by governmental officials. Thacker v. State, 226 Ga. 170 , 173 S.E.2d 186 (1970), vacated on other grounds, 408 U.S. 936, 92 S. Ct. 2861 , 33 L. Ed. 2 d 753, vacated in part on other grounds, 229 Ga. 731 , 194 S.E.2d 410 (1972). Search incident to arrest. - Officers were authorized under O.C.G.A. § 17-5-1 to search the vehicle incident to the defendant's arrest, and the fact that the officers might have expected to find contraband did not lessen the officers' authority to search. Polke v. State, 241 Ga. App. 891 , 528 S.E.2d 537 (2000). Reasonable basis for search. - Without any evidence that an officer had a reasonable basis for concluding that defend...