> i recall that during the case they tried to say that citizen's arrest wasn't actually legal in georgia, despite it being right there in the georgia codes.  k > than they changed their tune and said there was no proof of "probable cause" that a felony had been committed, even though there were previous incidents of theft at the property. previous incidents don't produce probable cause nor do they need probably cause.  they needed 'reasonable and probable grounds of suspicion' which was easily met by the neighbor who witnessed him in the construction site--which by definition is burglary
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