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State v. Hall

The trial court properly granted police officer's motion for immunity from prosecution under O.C.G.A. § 16-3-24.2 after he was indicted for simple battery based on his use of force during an encounter with a homeowner who he believed was a potential burglar.

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A Clayton County police officer, Ryan Coker Hall, was indicted for simple battery based on his use of force during an encounter with a homeowner whom he believed might be a burglar. Hall filed a motion seeking immunity from prosecution under OCGA § 16-3-24.2, arguing that his use of force was reasonable and justified in light of the homeowner’s resistance to being handcuffed and detained. Following an evidentiary hearing that included witness testimony and cell phone video footage of most of the incident, the trial court granted Hall’s motion for immunity, resulting in this appeal by the State. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

On appeal from the trial court’s grant or denial of immunity under OCGA § 16-3-24.2, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the trial court’s ruling. Sifuentes v. State, 293 Ga. 441, 444 2 746 SE2d 127 2013. So viewed, the evidence presented at the immunity hearing showed that around noon on May 2, 2014, a concerned neighbor called 911 and reported a burglary in progress at a residential address in Jonesboro. The neighbor told the 911 dispatcher that a red Durango sport utility vehicle SUV was parked in the rear of a newly renovated house in the neighborhood and that a man was going in and out of the house. The neighbor described the man as breaking into the house and provided the dispatcher with the residential street address.

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